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Chemical EOR Progress in China Advances and
ChallengesHarry L. [email protected]
omwww.chemortech.com
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Outline of Presentation Overview Recent advancements Chemical EOR in China
Polymer flooding ASP flooding Facilities
Some controversial issues and challenges
Summary
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Chemical EOR Global Status
China has most field experiences US has focused on improvements
in chemicals, lab studies, and simulators
Increased chemical EOR mechanistic understandings and field activities in US and world-wide in recent years
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General Understanding Polymer flooding (PF): A mature EOR
process Polymer gels: Used successfully in water
shut-off and profile modification in selected reservoirs
Surfactant-polymer (SP): Effective but expensive
ASP: Effective, less expensive, but requires extensive treatment of injection/produced fluids
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Recent Advancements Chemicals Laboratory Studies Simulation and Simulators Project Design and Implementation Facilities, Monitoring, and
Evaluation More Field Experiences
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EOR Chemicals
Polymers and related chemicals
Surfactants Co-surfactants Co-solvents
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Improvements on Polymers
(UT David Levitt Dissertation)
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Improved Laboratory Techniques
Phase behavior/solubalization ratio High temperature and live oil Core flood techniques
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Phase Behavior Experiments
• Phase behavior experiments– Inexpensive technique for surfactant formulation– Measure solubalization parameters/IFT’s– Measure coalescence/equilibration time– Determine microemulsion viscosities
• Specific surfactant(s) can be tailored for specific oils
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An Excellent ME Phase Behavior 0.0 1.0 2.00.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0Salinity, %: 0.75 1.25 1.75 2.25 2.75
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Increas ing Electrolyte ConcentrationInterface Fluidity
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High oil recovery>90% Sorw, or Sorc<0.04
Adequate mobility control Good surfactant/polymer transport Low surfactant retention
Core Flooding
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Simulation and Simulators Mechanistic model for core flood
and pattern simulation Calibration and field scale
simulation Advanced simulators
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Chemical EOR in China
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Daqing Oilfield Largest polymer and ASP floods in the
world PF oil production in Daqing has been
stabilized at ~200,000 bbl/d over 10 years
Polymer requirement has doubled in last 10 years from ~80,000 t/yr to ~160,000 t/yr
Large-scale ASP floods have been implemented since 2006 Harry L.
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Shengli Oilfield Second largest PF in China Also has polymer manufacturing
facilities Several ASP pilot tests have been
conducted in the past but decided to use SP instead
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PF in China Showed Incremental recovery depends on
reservoir quality polymer selection polymer amount, > 500 ppm.pv now
Production of polymer and emulsions may be expected
Large scale injection/production facilities are necessary for successful operations
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Polymer Flooding also Showed
Simplified field operations have been practiced in field-wide operations
On-site polymer production would improve the economics
KYPAM polymers appears to be more effective in high perm and high salinity reservoirs
Visco-elastic behavior can reduce Sor (SPE127453)
CDG will enhance PF performance
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Oil Production by Polymer FloodingDaqing Oilfield, China
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A Typical PF Field Performance
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Typical Pressure and Polymer Production
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Oil Production by Polymer FloodingShengli Oilfield, China
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KYPAM Polymers Comb like with short branched
chain to maintain effectiveness in high salinity brines
Wide MW range for reservoirs with different permeabilities
Successfully applied in some reservoirs in China
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Viscosity Data of KYPAM Polymer
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Performance of KYPAM Polymers
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Performance of KYPAM Polymers
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ASP Floods in China Pilot testing: Daqing, Shengli, Karamay Large scale field projects in Daqing Large scale injection/production
facilities have been developed in Daqing
Emulsion and scale productions were observed
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Field Examples Daqing Karamay ASP pilot simulation
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ASP Pilot Tests Conducted in Daqing Oilfield
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ASP Results in Daqing
High incremental recovery Severe emulsion production Severe scale production SP with A instead of ASP? One of the most difficult oil for SP
flooding
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Karamay ASP Pilot Test Design and Field
Performance (SPE 64726)
Process design/management: Harry Chang
Project implementation: Karamay Oilfield
A single surfactant system using petroleum sulfonates produced in a local refinery
Applied the salinity gradient with STPP for sequestration
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ASP Pilot Test Well Pattern, 2Z-B9-3 Well GroupKaramay Oil Field (SPE 64726)
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ASP Slug Design and Injection Sequence
(SPE 64726)
PAM
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Modelling Core Flood - Karamay ASP Project
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Modelling Coreflood (UTCHEM) - Karamay ASP Project
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Modelling of Pilot Area Performance (SPE 39610 and 64726)
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Some Comments on ASP ASP requires special crude oils to
improve performances ASP slug cost less but other costs would
be substantial (treating injection brine and produced fluids)
Low surfactant concentration (<0.5% active) SP formulations are available now
Some ASP projects may be just SP with A or just P
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Chemical Injection Facilities
SPSW vs. SPMW injection facilities Large-scale polymer
dispersion/mixing Large-scale ASP injection facilities Emulsion treatment facilities Fully automatic modular units for
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A Polymer Test Injection Site, SPSW Facilities
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SPMW Polymer injection pumps
Spec.: 16 Mpa, 4 m3/hr, And 5000 mg/l polymer
SPMW Polymer injection systemSpec.: 16 Mpa, 60 m3/hr, polymer conc., 1000 mg/l, 27 injection wells
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Large-Scale Polymer Dispersion/Mixing
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Polymer Dispersion Polymer Mixing
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ASP Injection Units Prior to Shipping
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An ASP Injection Station with 70 Wells
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Produced Fluid Treatment Facilities
ASP Produced Fluid Treatment, 24,000 m3/d
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A Fully Automatic Modular Pre-Factory Tested ASP Pilot Injection
Facility• Designed Rate: 640 m3/day• Designed Pressure: 12 Mpa• Chemical Processing Includes:
• Dry polymer handling, processing, & maturation• Dry soda ash handling, processing, & dissolution• Surfactant handling & metering• Water conditioning chemicals (oxygen scavenger and biocide)• Nitrogen blanket
• Automation: Allen-Bradley PLC based with full PID Loop control for accurate chemical recipe control and data collection
• Special Systems Included:• R-O water softening• Fe removal system• Heat exchanger system for high temp fluid injection
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A Polymer Handling System Designed by
Chemor Tech and Fabricated by Dafeng/COT in China
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SOME CONTROVERTIAL ISSUES
Polymer dispersion Is fully hydration on the surface necessary? are oxygen scavenger and nitrogen blanket
necessary? Polymer flooding vs. weak gels ASP vs. SP
Is ASP the future? Why SP has not been emphasized?
ASP and SP Slug Aqueous Phase Stability/Clarity?
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Challenges New polymers for high temperatures
(>90oC Modeling polymer visco-elastic effects Low MW polymers for low perm. reservoirs Surfactants with low adsorption and other
additives Low cost and effective emulsion breakers New scale prevention technologies
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Summary A large number and variety of high
performance surfactants and polymers are now available for EOR
Chemical flooding is now being used for highly viscous crudes, under higher salinity and higher temperature conditions
Low cost and more effective lab methods have been developed for chemical formulations
High recovery efficiency (>90% OOIP) has been obtained in low permeability sandstone and dolomite reservoir cores
The amount of surfactant needed to recovery the oil has been reduced by a factor of 2 - 5 compared to technology used in 70’s and 80’s
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Summary (Cont’d) Polymer flooding has been applied in
commercial scales ASP and SP have only been applied
successfully in pilot scales Many challenges are still remained in
the future in chemical flooding Large resources are available for
chemical flooding
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