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COMPOSITIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY
AND TREATMENT BOTTOM-HOLE ZONE
TECHNOLOGY FOR COMBINED TREATMENT OF THE RESERVOIR
ON THE BASIS OF SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS (SNPCH-95M)
The technology SNPCH-95M has been used for increased oil recovery
during conventional waterflooding under the conditions of the heterogeneous
reservoirs, high mineralization of formation and injected water
and water content of produced fluids (60-90%). The technology involves
the successive injection of the blocking and oil-driving working
agents of polymer-dispersion system and surfactant composition.
The application of the method provides:
- decrease of the flushed zones’ permeability and levelling of
displacement front of flooding fluid;
- improvement of oil-driving properties of water in the unswept
low-permeability zones.
The approximate volume of the injected polymer-dispersion system
is 200 m3 per 1 m of the perforated formation thickness
but not more than 1200 m3 per 1 well treatment; the approximate
volume of the aqueous dispersion of surfactant composition is 50-150m3
per 1 m of the perforated formation thickness but not more than
400 m3 per 1 well treatment.
The surfactant composition is produced as a concentrate deluted
with water to required concentration on site.
Several grades of the reagent SNPCH-95 having varied composition
have been developed and used under the varied geological and physical
conditions and with injected waters having varied mineralization.
All grades have good rheological characteristics, they are homogeneous
and stable over the temperature range of -5 - +30°C for a long period
of time.
The technology has been tested in Romashkino oil field in Tatarstan.
5 injections have been made in 1987-1989. 52,2 thousand tons of
incremental oil was recovered. On the average the action has been
efficient for 3,5 years.
The efficiency of the method was 78% in 32 zones treated in 1994-2001.
More than 3 thousand tones of incremental oil has been recovered
per 1 well treatment the period of action averaging 27 months. The
action continues in 11 zones.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TREATMENT OF PRODUCING WELLS APPLYING
THE REAGENTS SNPCH-9630 AND SNPCH-9633
The technology is used for reducing water content of produced fluids
and increasing oil production rate from the carbonate and terrigenous
reservoirs having high water content of produced fluids (60-99%),
low reservoir temperature (15-50°C) and varied mineralization of
waters flooding the well (15-300 g/l).
The method is based on plugging of the water-saturated formation
zones with high-viscosity emulsions formed in a process of injection
of hydrocarbon-base surfactant compound (SNPCH-9630 and SNPCH-9633).
The emulsions formed in the flushed formation zones are resistant
to watering and decompose being in contact with oil. It provides
high selectivity of the method and doesn’t decrease permeability
of the oil-saturated layers. Besides, the reagents have water-repellent
effect, they are capable of dissolving and dispersing ARPD and reducing
oil viscosity.
Different grades of the reagents SNPCH-9630 and SNPCH-9633 having
varied composition have been developed. The grade of the reagent
is selected depending on the geological and physical conditions
of the selected reservoirs.
The reagents are homogeneous and stable over the temperature range
of -35°C- +35°C for a long period of time, they have low viscosity
(1,5-3 mPa·s) and pour point (below minus 600°Ñ).
The reagents are low-toxic and fall into the 4th and 3d class of
hazard. They are authorized to be applied in the oil industry.
The technology comprises the injection of 1-3 m3 of
the reagent per 1m of the working (perforated) formation zone. The
slug is squeezed into the formation with water. The well has been
kept for control for 24-48 hours and then is put on production.
The reagent can be injected without pulling the equipment out.
The technology has been successfully tested in the carbonate and
terrigenous reservoirs in the oil fields of Tatarstan, Perm region,
Bashkortostan and Udmurtia (about 300 wells were treated):
- efficiency of treatment is 57-85%;
- the action has been efficient for 1-2 years and even more;
- incremental oil production is more than 20-90 t per 1t of the
reagent or 500-1300 t per 1 well treatment when water production
reduces by 400-8000 t per 1 well treatment.
RECOVERY OF INJECTION WELL INJECTIVITY EMPLOYING
SURFACTANT COMPOSITION
The technology is used for recovery of the injection well injectivity
under the conditions of the heterogeneous formations having varied
mineralization of formation and injected waters and formation temperature
20-100°C.
The method is based on the ability of the aqueous-base surfactant
solution to remove contaminations, water-oil emulsions and asphalt-resin-paraffin
deposits from the bottom-hole formation zone. The reagent can be
prepared from the starting components or by diluting surfactant
compound concentrate with injected water directly in the oil field.
Several grades of the surfactant compounds have been developed.
The composition of the compound or its concentrate depends on the
conditions for application and is selected depending on the geological
and physical conditions of the specific reservoirs. Viscosity of
the compound solution doesn’t exceed 5 mPa·s and viscosity of the
concentrate ranges from 40 mPa·s to 150 mPa·s at 20°C depending
on the composition and content of active base. The reagent is low-toxic
and falls into the 4-th class of hazard. The reagent is homogeneous
and stable over the temperature range of -5 - +30°C. It is authorized
to be applied in the oil industry.
The technology for the reagent application comprises the injection
of 3-15 m3 of the surfactant compound solution per 1
m of the working formation zone. The slug is driven by injected
water into the formation.
The pilot field tests carried out in the oil fields of Tatarstan
and West Siberia verified that injectivity of the injection wells
increased 1.3-2.0 times and in addition, productivity increased
1.5-2 times. The action is efficient not less than a year.
TECHNOLOGY FOR INCREASE OF PRODUCTIVITY OF PRODUCING
WELLS OR INJECTIVITY OF INJECTION WELLS
The technology is used for improving the factors of the development
of the oil pools having the heterogeneous carbonate and terrigenous
reservoirs at formation temperature of 20-60°C.
The method is based on an increase of the efficiency of acid treatment
by the preliminary temporary plugging of the high permeability zones.
The permeable zones are plugged employing viscous emulsion jelly-like
systems. The systems form by mixing successively injected slugs
of hydrocarbon-base surfactant compounds and hydrochloric or mud
acid. The acid travels not into the high permeability zones but
into the oil-saturated low permeability zones. When the acid reacts
with formation rock and its activity decreases the resistance and
viscosity of the emulsion systems drastically reduce recovering
permeability of the plugged zones.
Variation of the surfactant compound composition allows to carry
out the directed acid treatments in combination with not temporary
but complete plugging of the high permeability water-saturated formation
zones. Several grades of the surfactant compounds varying in composition
have been developed. The grade of the reagent is selected depending
on the geological and physical conditions of the productive formations.
The reagents are homogeneous and stable over the temperature range
of -35 to +35°C for a long period of time, they have low viscosity
(1,5÷3 mPa·s) and pour point (below - 60°C). The reagents
are low-toxic (fall into the 4th and 3d class
of hazard). They are authorized to be employed in the oil industry.
The technology comprises the injection of the surfactant compound
and acid in amount of 1-3 m3 and 0,5-2 m3
per 1m of the net productive section, respectively. The slugs are
driven by water and the well has been kept for control for 24-48
hours and then is put on production.
The method was tested in 23 wells drilled in the terrigenous and
carbonate reservoirs in the oil fields of Tatarstan in 1992-2001.
About 800 t of incremental oil was produced per 1 well treatment
when water production reduced by more than 2000 t. The action continues
in 3 wells.
HYDROCARBON-BASE SURFACTANT COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING
THE OIL RESERVOIR THROUGH THE INJECTION WELLS
The technology based on solvents and surfactant compounds has been
used for improving the factors of the oil field development under
the conditions of the heterogeneous reservoirs having varied mineralization
of formation and injected water and high water content of produced
fluids.
The method is based on the ability of the reagents "hydrocarbon
solvent - surfactant compound- mineralized water" to form viscous
stable gelatinous emulsions having external hydrocarbon phase over
the temperature range of 20 - 50°Ñ.
The method comprises injection of 1-3 m3 of hydrocarbon-base
surfactant compound (SNPCH-9630, SNPCH-9633) per 1 m of drilled
oil reservoir thickness (but not less than 35 m3) followed
by squeeze of reagent slug into the formation using mineralized
water.
When the reagents' slugs mix with formation and injected mineralized
water they form viscous system promoting filtration redistribution
and levelling of displacement front in the injection wells finally
reducing water content of produced fluids and increasing oil production
rate in the producing wells. Besides, the reagents have water-repellent
effect; they are capable of dissolving and dispersing ARPD and decreasing
oil viscosity.
Several modifications (grades) of the reagents SNPCH-9630 and SNPCH-9633
have been produced. They have varied composition adapting the method
for a wide range of the geological and physical conditions.
The surfactant compound solutions have low pour point ( below minus
60°C), low viscosity (1,5-3,0 mPa·s) and they are stable and homogeneous
over the wide temperature range (-35°C - +50°Ñ) for a long period
of time (more than a year).
The pilot tests of the technology carried out in the Devonian reservoirs
in 1995-2001verified good prospects for it. 46,7 thousand tons of
incremental oil or about 1,7 thousand tons of oil per 1 well treatment
has been produced in 28 pilot zones. The action continues in 7 wells.
TECHNOLOGICAL FLUID OF SNPCH-3100 TYPE
The fluid of SNPCH-3100 type is applied for killing the producing
and injection wells before well servicing and workover. SNPCH-3100
is manufactured as per Specification ÒÓ-39-0576570-ÎÏ-210-95. The
modifications of the technological fluid having the following technical
characteristics have been developed for the various climatic and
geological-and-physical conditions.
| |
SNPCH-3110 |
SNPCH-3110À |
SNPCH-3120 |
SNPCH-3120À |
SNPCH-3130 |
| Density, êg/ì3 |
1350-1360 |
1410-1450 |
1240-1250 |
1260-1280 |
1290-1300 |
| Relative filterability* |
0,007 |
0,007 |
0,004 |
0,008 |
0,006 |
| Pour point, °Ñ |
-25 |
-38 |
-35 |
-38 |
-30 |
| Viscosity, cs |
35-50 |
20-40 |
25-40 |
30-50 |
26-50 |
| Concentration of Í+ ions, ðÍ |
6-7 |
6-7 |
6-7 |
6-7 |
6-7 |
* "Relative filterability" is a relation of SNPCH-3100
filtration and filtration of calcium chloride solution determined
in BM-6 device
The application of the fluid of SNPCH-3100 type provides:
- keeping of reservoir properties in killing and low flow rate
of the reagent by insufficient penetration into the formation;
- control of fluid density by dilution with saline water having
specified mineralization and varied mineral and salt composition;
- repeated use of the fluid;
- killing of the wells with abnormal intake or high gas factor
when the special technological methods are employed or the chemical
modifiers are added.
The technological fluid of SNPCH-3100 type is non-flammable, noncorrosive
and low toxic (4th class of hazard). It is delivered in tank cars.
Various grades of SNPCH-3100 type have been widely tested in Tatarstan,
Bashkortostan, Republic of Komi and West Siberia. The technological
effect of SNPCH-3100 application averages 240 t of oil per 1 well
by reducing the time of well start and completion. The operation
conditions are restored within a day while the well productivity
retained after workover.
The experts have all engineering specifications required on the
composition and technology for its application under the various
geological and field conditions.
COMPOSITION SNPCH-9030 for combined treatment of
formation zone close to the well
The composition SNPCH-9030 is used for increased productive capacity
of the wells operating in the formations having low permeability
reservoirs. They reduce their productive capacity because of the
secondary technogenic contamination of the bottom-hole formation
zone (penetration of drilling mud and mechanical impurities) as
well as for completion of the drilled wells.
3 grades of SNPCH-9030: A, B and V used for various mineralogical
reservoir composition and well category have been produced according
to the specification (ÒÓ 39-05765670-ÎÏ-231-97).
The efficiency of applying the composition SNPCH-9030 is achieved
by using the functionally designed components of the composition
dissolving and dispersing aluminosilicate rock component without
forming the secondary deposits and preventing formation of viscous
acid emulsions in the bottom-hole formation zone during its treatment.
Besides, the organic solvent and surfactant remove organic contamination
of ARPD type from porous medium. The combined action of SNPCH-9030
makes additional operations for washing the formation zone close
to the well using some types of the reagents unnecessary shortening
the operation period and reducing net cost of treatment.
The composition SNPCH-9030 has been used in the largest oil companies
of the Russian Federation. It is delivered in the special tank cars.
It is reasonable to select the composition grade and to apply it
using services of the composition and technology developers.
The composition was patented, patent of the Russian Federation
No. 2100587.
INHIBITED HYDROCHLORIC ACID FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY
(SNPCH-HCLi)
NIIneftepromchim developed the composition and technical documentation
for inhibited hydrochloric acid on the basis of hydrochloric acid
produced by Cheboksar JSC "Chimprom". 2 grades of inhibited
hydrochloric acid: A and B have been produced. In quality characteristics
the inhibited hydrochloric acid meets the requirements specified
in the oil industry.
| |
grade A |
grade B |
| Appearance |
dark liquid |
| Mass weight of HCL,%, not more than |
22-25 |
20-25 |
| Mass weight of acetic acid, % |
- |
0,9-1,1 |
| Mass weight of ferrum, %, not more than |
0,03 |
0,03 |
| Corrosion rate of Steel Ñò3, not more than, g/m2
hour |
0,20 |
0,20 |
The inhibited hydrochloric acid has been authorized to be applied
in the oil industry, it falls into the 3d class of hazard. The inhibitors
of SNPCH-6500 type are added to acid for reducing acid corrosion.
The reagent is used in various oil regions: West Siberia, Tatarstan
and Bashkortostan. The inhibited hydrochloric acid is delivered
by NIIneftepromchim. Delivery: tank car.
ACID CORROSION INHIBITORS OF SNPCH-6500 TYPE
Hydrochloric acid and mixtures of hydrochloric and hydrofluoric
(mud acid) acids are one of the most common reagents used in the
chemical industry for stimulation of oil production (deep treatment
of the bottom-hole formation zone), repairs in the wells as well
as for using in other industries. The acids contact with metal constructions
- pipes, reservoirs and pumping equipment exposed to severe acid
corrosion during application of the acids in the wells as well as
storage and transportaton. The most effective and economical method
for reducing corrosiveness of hydrochloric acid is its inhibition
by injecting the special reagents - inhibitors having pronounced
ability to reduce metal corrosion during some period.
The corrosion inhibitors of SNPCH-6500 type are used for reducing
acid corrosion caused by contact of hydrochloric acid and mixture
of hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids with ferrous metal. The inhibitors
can be injected into the acid in the enterprise delivering it to
the customers or in the plants for reagents’ preparation for oil
production immediately before acid application. Two grades of the
acid corrosion inhibitor: SNPCH-6501A and SNPCH-6502D have been
produced taking into account the geological and physical characteristics
of the formation and applied acids.
| Characteristics |
| |
SNPCH-6501À |
SNPCH-6502 D |
| Appearance |
dark liquid |
| Density at 20°Ñ, kg/m3 |
965-1030 |
990-1020 |
| Corrosion rate of Steel Ñò3, not more than, g/m2
hour, not more than |
0,20 |
0,20 |
| Pour point, °Ñ |
-30 |
-55 |
The corrosion inhibitors SNPCH-6501A and SNPCH-6502D have been
delivered in steel or plastic drums in tank cars.
TECHNOLOGY FOR KILLING WELLS UNDER ABNORMAL GEOLOGICAL
CONDITIONS
The technology is used for killing the producing and injection
wells operating in the abnormal intake beds having permeability
more than 1 mcm2 (because of high porosity and fractures)
and abnormally high formation pressure or gas factor.
The well is killed by substituting well fluid for technological
fluid of SNPCH-3100 type (plugging fluid) of the suitable grade
into which the specially selected modifying additive - wood flour
is added and for displacing fluid the density of which is less than
the density of plugging fluid. SNPCH-3100 and modifier are selected
taking into account the geological and physical characteristics
of the reservoirs, the method of well operation and technical condition
of the underground field equipment.
The density of the reagent with the modifier may range from 1250
to 1500 kg/m3 and conventional viscosity may range from
10 to 100 s (on VZ - 246) depending on the grade of original SNPCH-3100
and modifier’s content.
The efficiency of the killing technology application is achieved
by plugging the perforated interval when well fluid is substituted
for plugging fluid and part of this fluid is squeezed into the reservoir
zone close to the well. The amount of the plugging fluid SNPCH-3100
is specified on the basis of the well productivity factor.
The use of the technology for killing applying the modified technological
fluid of SNPCH-3100 type provides:
- effective and rapid killing of wells and their subsequent completion;
small chemicals’ consumption and preservation of reservoir properties;
- solation of the abnormal intake zones simultaneously with killing
in the reservoirs of fractured and cavern type;
- A wide choice of ecologically safe raw materials is available
for use of the technology.
The technology was patented and tested in JSC "Surgutneftegas".
TECHNOLOGY FOR APPLICATION OF FIBER-DISPERSION
SYSTEM (FDS) FOR IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY
The technology is used for improved oil recovery from the high-watered
heterogeneous reservoirs by an increase of the reservoir sweep.
The effect is achieved by sweeping the unswept low-permeability
zones.
The technology involves the successive-alternate injection of the
medium-volume slug (700-1000 m3) of the aqueous suspensions
of wood flour and clay powder into the reservoir. Interaction of
slug components in the reservoir results in formation of swelling
system stable against watering which increases filtration resistance
of the watered high-permeability zones.
FDS is not subjected to the attack of formation microflora and
it doesn't promote its development. It is used as a bactericide
for sulfate reducing bacteria. Under the specific geological and
field conditions the technology can be implemented by applying only
aqueous suspension of wood flour having suitable dispersion ability.
In 1992-2000 the technology has been tested and used in 489 areas
of 14 oil fields in West Siberia (Samotlorskoye, Zapadno-Surgutskoye,
Lyantorskoye, Yuzhno-Yagunskoye etc.) and the Republic of Tatarstan.
2,187 mln. tons of incremental oil has been recovered. The specific
technological efficiency ranged from 1,5 to 24,2 thousand tons of
incremental oil per 1 treatment in the separate areas, the action
has been efficient for 1-4 years and efficiency of treatment was
90%. FDS is economically viable means for improved oil recovery.
The expenses for implementation of the technology have been paid
for themselves within three-four months.
The technology has been tested for the simultaneous mass effect
on the separate oil zones by FDS injection into the high-pressure
lines of the repressuring system. The technology is efficient for
any water salinity when the reservoir temperature is up to 300°C.
The technology is particularly effective for the fractured-cavernous-porous
terrigenous reservoirs water content of produced fluids exceeding
90%.
A wide choice of the cheap and ecologically safe raw materials
is available for use of the technology. The technology was patented
and it is provided with the standard and technical documentation.
TECHNOLOGY FOR STIMULATION OF HARD-RECOVERABLE
OIL PRODUCTION
The technology is used for increased production rate of producing
wells or injectivity of injection wells operating in the low-permeability
terrigeneous reservoirs and for primary well completion.
The technology is used by combining physical and chemical treatment
of the reservoir applying the reagents for various functional purpose
or the composition of combined action SNPCH-9030 (ÒÓ 39-05765670-011-231-97)
and depression method for recovery of waste reagents with contaminants
and destructed rock particles.
The efficiency is achieved by deep treatment of the bottom-hole
formation zone changing the structure of the pore space providing
good hydrodynamic communication of the formation and well. The most
efficient is application of the technology in one hydrodynamically
communicating area having injection well and producing wells.
Oil production rate can increase up to 10 times by applying the
technology. The technology has been used in the oil companies of
West Siberia and Ural-Volga region.
It is reasonable to test the technology under the new geological
and field conditions with methodical and technological assistance
of the technology developers.
The method for applying the technology was patented, patent of
the Russian Federation No. 2140531.
TECHNOLOGY FOR ISOLATION OF INJECTED WATER INFLOW
USING POLYMER-DISPERSION-FILLED SYSTEM (PDFS)
The technology for isolation of injected water inflow using polymer-dispersion-filled
system is used for increased oil production by reducing water content
of produced fluids.
The technology is based on formation of extended water-isolating
FDS barrier consisting of dispersion particles of wood flour and
clay followed by its strengthening with polymer-dispersion-filled
system (PDFS).
PDFS is a cross-linking composition based on polyacrylamide, cross-linking
agent, wood flour and water. The high structural and mechanical
PDFS properties prevent removal of the reagents from the formation
when the well is completed and operated after repair and isolation
work providing high long-term effect.
The technology has been tested in 48 producing wells in Fedorovskoye,
Savuiskoye, Rodnikovskoye (JSC "Surgutneftegas"), Romashkinskoye
(JSC "Tatneft"), Yuzhno-Yagunskoye and Povkhskoye (TPE
"Kogalymneftegas") fields in 1995-2000.
60 thousand tons of incremental oil has been produced by treatment
while water production reduced by 336,3 thousand tons. The average
specific efficiency was 1258 t of incremental oil per 1 well treatment
when the efficiency of treatment was 87%.
TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY AT THE LATER
STAGE OF OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT USING POLYMER-DISPERSION SYSTEMS
PDS is a new highly efficient compound for improved oil recovery
at the later stage of oil field development after the vast flushed
zones have been formed in them. The technology is very simple and
is based on the injection of rock suspensions and polymer solutions
into the reservoir increasing filtration resistance of the watered
zones in the oil- and water saturated reservoir and of sweep efficiency.
The technology for PDS application has been tested and used in
1380 highly watered (up to 99%) areas of the oil fields having various
physical and geological conditions. More than 5000 thousand tons
of incremental oil was recovered.
PDS is:
- up to 27 thousand tons of incremental oil per 1 treated area
water content of produced fluids ranging from 90 to 99%;
- more than 4,5 thousand tons of incremental oil per 1 ton of
injected polymer;
- 10-20 times excess of profit above expences.
PDS application:
- sweeps the unswept layers with impaired reservoir properties;
- increases the sweep efficiency factor by 10-25%;
- increases oil recovery from the highly watered reservoirs at
the later stage of their exploitation by 1,5-2,5%.
PDS is a base for efficiency increase of the known physical and
chemical methods for improved oil recovery. PDS modification using
various reagents controls its properties over a wide range for solving
the problems of improved oil recovery under the various geological
and physical reservoir conditions.
TECHNOLOGY FOR APPLICATION OF POLYMER-DISPERSION
SYSTEMS (PDS) WITH STABILIZING AGENTS
The technology for treatment of the oil- and water saturated reservoir
using PDS and the stabilizing agents (SPDS) is used for:
- improved oil recovery from the flooded heterogeneous reservoirs
under the conditions of high water content of produced fluids
of 80-99% at the later stage of exploitation of the oil fields,
separate reservoirs and areas;
- restriction of high-pressure injected water inflow into the
producing wells for increased oil recovery from the productive
reservoirs;
- elimination of circulation in the injection wells having high
productivity.
SPDS has higher resistance and improved structural and mechanical
characteristics. The stabilizing agents structurize the formed PDS
floccula increasing the filtration resistance of the watered reservoir
zones.
The technology has been tested in the producing wells in the oil
fields of West Siberia. SPDS application reduces water content of
produced fluids from 96-99% by 5-20% and increases the oil production
rate from 1,4-30 t/day up to 9,1-49 t/day. 2750 t of incremental
oil was produced per a well while the action has been still efficient.
| |
Water content, % |
Production rate of oil, t/day, before |
Production rate of oil, t/day, after |
Duration period of action, month |
Incremental oil production, thousand t |
| 1 |
97 |
2,5 |
23,8 |
7 |
4,2 |
| 2 |
98 |
1,4 |
9,2 |
8 |
1,8 |
| 3 |
96 |
5,6 |
10,1 |
8 |
2,6 |
| 4 |
99 |
30,0 |
48,0 |
9 |
1,6 |
| 5 |
99 |
50,0 |
50,0 |
7 |
0,2 |
PETROLEUM BITUMEN PRODUCT AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED
OIL RECOVERY USING IT
A series of the highly efficient technologies for improved oil
recovery using petroleum bitumen product by limiting the flushed
zones’ conductivity in the developed areas and limiting inflow into
the producing wells and by increased oil displacement has been developed.
The petroleum bitumen product originates from the native bitumen
under the conditions of intensive mixing at high temperature and
pressure fluctuation. It is a composite mixture of hydrocarbons
having varied structural group composition and their heteroderivatives
having a wide range of the physical and chemical characteristics
providing their stability and reactivity.
Injection of the petroleum bitumen product into the watered formation
increases the efficiency of oil dicplacement by means of several
factors:
- the petroleum bitumen product forms stable emulsion when it
interacts with water;
- the heavy fractions of the petroleum bitumen product tend to
form dispersion system (0,78-1,56 mcm); asphaltenes of the petroleum
bitumen product are the structurized two-dimensional laminated
systems associating into 5-6 layer crystal-like structures having
imperfect hexagonal and planar package of carbon atoms;
- micelles are the optimum oil-displacing agent because of their
polarity and size comparable with the pore channels’ size.
Besides, the production of the petroleum bitumen product doesn’t
require import and expensive components giving an advantage over
the compositions used today.
The petroleum bitumen product was patented, the patent RF No. 2140529.
ECOLOGICALLY SAFE METHOD FOR THE OIL RESERVOIR
DEVELOPMENT USING SUSPENSION OF FINE-DISPERSED MINERALS ACTIVATED
BY GRINDING
Oil is recovered from the formation by the alternate injection
of the aqueous slugs of solids activated by grinding in suspension
and the additives stabilizing the system under the conditions of
the high-watered heterogeneous reservoirs, into the injection wells.
The size of activated materials (required level of grinding) has
been specified by the ratio: d>0,1Dp, where: d- average size of
solids, mcm, Dp- average size of pore diameter, mcm.
The mechanical activation has been made in the specially designed
energy-intensive planetary activators-grinders the centrifugal force-gravity
relation ranging from 20 to 40. Breadly mill (RSA) and its foreign
analogues belong to this type of the grinders.
The mechanical activation in the presence of the additives results
in the variation of their physical and chemical characteristics
by the penetration of metals into the amorphorized layers of grinded
materials owing to the structural defects. The variation of the
physical and chemical characteristics affects the efficiency of
the magnetic and electrostatic separation, filtration, flocculation
and other technological processes. When reacting with water such
materials can release a large amount of atomic hydrogen which is
an active reductant.
The effect is achieved by sweeping the unswept low-permeability
zones having mobile oil.
The method is efficient for any salinity of formation water and
reservoir temperature under the conditions of the fractured-porous
reservoirs having varied permeability water content of produced
fluids exceeding 80%. The technological efficiency in the pilot
zone of Almetyevsk area in Romashkino oil field including 3 injection
wells was 24939 tons of incremental oil.
A wide choice of the cheap and ecologically safe raw materials
is available for using the method. The technology was patented,
the patent of RF No. 2116437.
TECHNOLOGY FOR RESERVOIR TREATMENT USING THE COMPOSITION
BASED ON ALKALI WASTES OF CAPROLACTAM PRODUCTION AND HYDROCHLORIC
ACID
The technology based on alkali wastes and hydrochloric acid (AWCP)
has been developed for treating the bottom-hole zone of the injection
wells and improved oil recovery from the terrigenous and carbonate
formations.
The technology comprises the successive-alternate injection of
AWCP and hydrochloric acid slugs of 12-24% concentration in 0,7-1,3:1
volume ratio at the rate of 5-10 m3 per 1 m of the productive
formation thickness.
The efficiency of the composition treatment is specified by the
properties of its components. Thus, hydrochloric acid promotes dissolution
and removal of the carbonate component and alkali wastes promote
crystal and chemical reconstruction of clay substance losing interstratal
water, large potassium and sodium cations and its swelling properties
as a result of hydrolysis of organic carbon acid sodium salts involved
in it. Testing of the composition before and after the interaction
verified it by the highly efficient exclusion liquid chromatography
and X-ray-diffraction analysis of the carbonate and clay component
(for montmorillonite injected into the reservoir cleavage spacing
of basal reflection reduces from 15,237 to 14,828A and for mixed-layer
phase from 10,32 to 9,95A).
The technology has been tested in the oil fields of West Siberia
and Tatarstan. The technological efficiency was 2797 tons of incremental
oil in West Siberia and 2005 tons of incremental oil in Tatarstan
per 1 treatment. Duration of action is up to 2 years.
The technology has been used employing the home equipment and chemical
products which are cheap production wastes.
The technology was patented, the patent of RF No. 1648108.
TECHNOLOGY FOR OIL RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT BASED
ON ALKALI WASTES OF CAPROLACTAM PRODUCTION AND AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
OF POLYVALENT CATIONS
The technology for improved oil recovery from the heterogeneous
terrigenous reservoirs being at the later stage of development and
characterized by high water content of produced fluids and gradual
decrease of oil recovery involves the sequential injection of the
slugs of alkali wastes of caprolactam production (AWCP) and 5 -
25% solution of polyvalent cations in 1: (0,05-0,5) volume ratio.
When the original components move through the reservoir conductivity
of the flushed zones is limited by formation of deposit in a form
of coagulation structures in porous medium. The deposit consists
of polyvalent metals’ salts hydrolized in water and has high adsorption
and adhesion properties. Colloid contamination particles available
in injected water colliding with flocs of hydrolyzed salts adhere
to them and form gel-dispersion system.
The technology has been tested in the pilot zone of Central-Aznakayevo
area of Romashkino oil field.
As a result of the experiment the conditions of producing well
operation changed affecting oil displacement - technological effect
ranged from 50 to 150 tons of oil per 1 t of the injected reagent.
The technology was patented, the patent of RF No. 1596845.
COMPOSITION FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVE RATE OF LOW
PRODUCING WELLS (SNPCH-9010)
Composition having various modifications is used for increased
productive rate of the low producing injection and producing wells
operating in the carbonate reservoirs. Efficiency of application
is provided by:
- increase of the formation active drainage range by partial dissolution
of rock skeleton;
- removal of asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits, impurities and clay
particles from pore channels.
| Characteristics |
| Appearance |
homogeneous dark-brown liquid |
| Dynamic viscosity @ 20°C, mPa·s |
not more than 5 |
| Pour point, °C, not more than |
-30 |
| Corrosiveness decrease for inhibited HCl (structural steel) |
1,5-2 times |
The modification of the composition is selected depending on the
reservoir temperature and type. The bottom-hole formation zone is
treated using the standard oil-field equipment. The technological
parameters of the process are selected depending on the geological
and field characteristics of the treated wells.
The composition has been tested in JSC "Tatneft", JSOC
"Bashneft" and JSC "LUKoil-Permneft".
The technological efficiency is more than 600-1000 t of incremental
oil per a well. The daily incremental oil production rate is 1,3-3,5
t. The action has been efficient for 24 months. Efficiency of treatment
is 86%.
METHOD OF TESTING FLUIDS IN POROUS MEDIA
NIIneftepromchim carries out a group of laboratory tests using
pulse nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We propose measurements
without contact as they don’t break down structure of porous medium
and fluids.
You will have both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of porous
medium as well as the process of fluid displacement and filtration.
Highly-skilled scientists-chemists, physicists and experts in oil
field development and petrophysics carry out the following forms
of work:
- determination of porous medium characteristics (porosity, permeability,
connate water content, oil saturation, viscosity and reservoir
type);
- evaluation of porous medium structure variation, properties
and distribution of fluids saturating it before, during and after
water drive or displacement by various chemical reagents;
- study of physical and chemical processes in porous medium during
the injection of chemically active reagents;
- study of kinetics of cross-linking, thickening and gelation
(solidification) of chemical reagents in free space and porous
medium;
- evaluation of effect of various chemical reagents applied or
projected for application in the oil fields on the efficiency
of demulsifiers, depressants, corrosion and paraffin inhibitors.
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