Oil Recovery Method
    1.
    发明申请
    Oil Recovery Method 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190257182A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16348132

    申请日:2017-11-06

    Abstract: A method for selecting an aqueous displacement fluid comprising an aqueous solution of dissolved phosphate species includes obtaining reservoir parameters for a reservoir, receiving an input comprising a permitted loss of dissolved phosphate species resulting from mixing of the aqueous displacement fluid and resident water following injection of a selected pore volume of the aqueous displacement fluid, selecting an aqueous displacement fluid, and determining that a composition of the aqueous displacement fluid is within an operating envelope using the reservoir parameters and the permitted loss of dissolved phosphate species. The reservoir parameters include physical characteristics of the reservoir and chemical characteristics of the resident water. The operating envelope defines boundary conditions for one or more parameters of the composition of the aqueous displacement fluid to limit a loss of dissolved phosphate species upon injection into the reservoir to less than or equal to the permitted loss.

    Oil recovery method
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11002122B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16471458

    申请日:2017-12-08

    Abstract: A method for recovering crude oil from a reservoir including at least one layer of reservoir rock having crude oil and a formation water within the pore space thereof includes injecting into the layer(s) of reservoir rock from an injection well, alternating slugs of an aqueous displacement fluid comprising a concentrated solution of a water-soluble additive in an aqueous solvent and of an aqueous spacer fluid. The number of injected slugs of aqueous displacement fluid, n, is in the range of 15 to 1000 per swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The injected pore volume of each individual slug, PVSlug-i, of aqueous displacement fluid is in the range of 10−12 to 10−2 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The total injected pore volume of the slugs of aqueous displacement fluid is in the range of 10−8 to 10−1 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The injected pore volume of each individual slug of aqueous spacer fluid, PVSpacer-i, is in the range of 0.0001 to 0.1000 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The total injected pore volume of the slugs of aqueous spacer fluid is in the range of 0.9000000 to 0.9999999 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The reservoir rock has a dispersivity, α, in the range of 1 to 30% of the interwell distance between the injection well and production well. The amount of additive delivered to the layer(s) of reservoir rock by the plurality of slugs of aqueous displacement fluid is equal to or greater than a predetermined minimum additive quantity (MAQ).

    Oil Recovery Method
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210131243A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16471458

    申请日:2017-12-08

    Abstract: A method for recovering crude oil from a reservoir including at least one layer of reservoir rock having crude oil and a formation water within the pore space thereof includes injecting into the layer(s) of reservoir rock from an injection well, alternating slugs of an aqueous displacement fluid comprising a concentrated solution of a water-soluble additive in an aqueous solvent and of an aqueous spacer fluid. The number of injected slugs of aqueous displacement fluid, n, is in the range of 15 to 1000 per swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The injected pore volume of each individual slug, PVSlug-i, of aqueous displacement fluid is in the range of 10−12 to 10−2 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The total injected pore volume of the slugs of aqueous displacement fluid is in the range of 10−8 to 10−1 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The injected pore volume of each individual slug of aqueous spacer fluid, PVSpacer-i, is in the range of 0.0001 to 0.1000 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The total injected pore volume of the slugs of aqueous spacer fluid is in the range of 0.9000000 to 0.9999999 of the swept pore volume, PVR, of the layer(s) of reservoir rock. The reservoir rock has a dispersivity, α, in the range of 1 to 30% of the interwell distance between the injection well and production well. The amount of additive delivered to the layer(s) of reservoir rock by the plurality of slugs of aqueous displacement fluid is equal to or greater than a predetermined minimum additive quantity (MAQ).

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