IN-LINE MONITORING OF ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210372275A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16889393

    申请日:2020-06-01

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided for measuring the zeta potential of macroscopic solid surfaces including and not limited to: porous samples, flat substrates, coarse particles, and granular samples. Methods include: subjecting the sample to an injection of a first aqueous solution at an initial pressure with an initial ion concentration; measuring a first electrical conductivity and a first temperature of the first aqueous solution; measuring a first pH and a second pH of the first aqueous solution immediately before and after passing the first aqueous solution through the sample; measuring a first ion concentration and a second ion concentration of the first aqueous solution immediately before and after passing the first aqueous solution through the sample; and processing the measured data to derive a first zeta potential from the first electrical conductivity and the first temperature.

    Oil recovery process using an oil recovery composition of aqueous salt solution and dilute polymer for carbonate reservoirs

    公开(公告)号:US10920129B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16832921

    申请日:2020-03-27

    IPC分类号: E21B43/20 C09K8/588 C09K8/584

    摘要: An oil recovery composition of an aqueous solution of one or more salts and dilute polymer and processes for enhanced oil recovery using the oil recovery composition are provided. An oil recovery composition may include an aqueous solution of one or more salts having a salinity of about 4000 parts-per-million (ppm) total dissolved solids (TDS) to about 8000 ppm TDS and a polymer having a concentration of 250 ppm to 750 ppm. The one or more salts may include at least one of sodium chloride (NaCl), calcium chloride (CaCl2), magnesium chloride (MgCl2), sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) and magnesium sulfate (MgSO4). The polymer may include a copolymer of acrylamide and acrylamido tertiary butyl sulfonate (ATBS). The oil recovery compositions provided may be suited for enhancing oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs having in situ oil viscosities less than 3 centipoise (cP).

    Wettability determination of rock samples

    公开(公告)号:US10895543B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16420884

    申请日:2019-05-23

    IPC分类号: G01N24/08 G01N33/24 G01N13/00

    摘要: A primary drainage process, a core aging process, a water flooding process, an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) flooding process, and a core cleaning process is conducted on a rock sample. For each of the primary drainage process, core aging process, water flooding process, EOR flooding process, and core cleaning process, an equilibrium sample magnetization distribution and a spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrum are measured across multiple locations along a longitudinal length of the rock sample. One or more hydrocarbon saturation distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the equilibrium sample magnetization distributions. One or more wettability distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrums and the one or more hydrocarbon saturation distributions. One or more wettability modification factor distributions of the rock sample are determined based on the spatially resolved spin-spin relaxation time spectrums and the hydrocarbon saturation distribution(s).