Recovery Improvement
- 1st Edition - September 6, 2022
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Editor: Qiwei Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 3 6 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 4 3 8 - 9
Oil and Gas Chemistry Management Series brings an all-inclusive suite of tools to cover all the sectors of oil and gas chemicals from drilling, completion to production, processin… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOil and Gas Chemistry Management Series brings an all-inclusive suite of tools to cover all the sectors of oil and gas chemicals from drilling, completion to production, processing, storage, and transportation. The third reference in the series, Recovery Improvement, delivers the critical chemical basics while also covering the latest research developments and practical solutions. Organized by the type of enhanced recovery approaches, this volume facilitates engineers to fully understand underlying theories, potential challenges, practical problems, and keys for successful deployment. In addition to the chemical, gas, and thermal methods, this reference volume also includes low-salinity (smart) water, microorganism- and nanofluid-based recovery enhancement, and chemical solutions for conformance control and water shutoff in near wellbore and deep in the reservoir.
Supported by a list of contributing experts from both academia and industry, this book provides a necessary reference to bridge petroleum chemistry operations from theory into more cost-efficient and sustainable practical applications.
- Covers background information and practical guidelines for various recovery enhancement domains, including chapters on enhanced oil recovery in unconventional reservoirs and carbon sequestration in CO2 gas flooding for more environment-friendly and more sustainable initiatives
- Provides effective solutions to control chemistry-related issues and mitigation strategies for potential challenges from an industry list of experts and contributors
- Delivers both up-to-date research developments and practical applications, featuring various case studies
Production Engineers; reservoir engineers; completion engineers; petroleum engineers; oilfield chemists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Chapter 1. Conformance control and water shut-off
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Root causes for conformance problems
- 1.3 Bulk gel technology
- 1.4 Relative permeability modifiers
- 1.5 Sodium silicate gels
- 1.6 Colloidal dispersion gels
- 1.7 Thermally active polymers
- 1.8 Preformed particle gels
- 1.9 Foams
- 1.10 Summary
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 2. Low-salinity (enhanced) waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Fundamentals
- 2.3 Low-salinity waterflooding from laboratory to field
- 2.4 Field case histories
- 2.5 Modeling and numerical simulation of low-salinity waterflooding
- 2.6 Concluding remarks, remaining challenges, and future of low-salinity waterflooding technology
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 3. Enhanced oil recovery by Smart Water injection in sandstone reservoirs
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Initial wettability of sandstone reservoirs
- 3.3 Smart Water enhanced oil recovery in sandstones
- 3.4 Summary
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 4. Chemical enhanced oil recovery
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Polymer flooding
- 4.3 Surfactant flooding and wettability alternation
- 4.4 Alkaline flooding
- 4.5 Surfactant–polymer flooding
- 4.6 Alkaline–surfactant flooding
- 4.7 Alkaline–polymer flooding
- 4.8 Alkaline–surfactant–polymer flooding
- 4.9 Summary
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 5. Molecular designs of enhanced oil recovery chemicals
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Computational modeling of enhanced oil recovery polymers
- 5.3 Computational simulation of enhanced oil recovery surfactants
- 5.4 Conclusion
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 6. Gas flooding: Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery (G-EOR) to CO2 sequestration
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 What is gas flooding and what does it achieve?
- 6.3 Symptomatic improvement approaches
- 6.4 Phase behavior and experiments
- 6.5 Minimum miscibility pressure and displacement mechanisms
- 6.6 Hydrocarbon gas injection
- 6.7 N2/flue gas
- 6.8 CO2 sequestration
- 6.9 Field cases
- 6.10 Overview of field experience
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 7. Enhanced oil recovery in unconventional reservoirs
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Unconventional reservoirs
- 7.3 Unconventional enhanced oil recovery
- 7.4 Field trials
- 7.5 Project development
- 7.6 Summary and conclusions
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 8. Microbial enhanced oil recovery
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Primary screening criteria
- 8.3 Field-specific tailoring: physical modeling
- 8.4 Mathematical modeling of microbial enhanced oil recovery
- 8.5 Field applications and operational aspects
- 8.6 Economics
- 8.7 Concluding remarks
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 9. Heavy oil and extra heavy oil (bitumen) recovery
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Technical basis for heavy and extra heavy oil recovery processes
- 9.3 Technology development for the future
- 9.4 Final remarks
- Nomenclature
- References
- Chapter 10. Janus nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Distinct chemical and physical properties of Janus nanoparticles
- 10.3 Synthesis and scale up production of Janus nanoparticles
- 10.4 Advantages of Janus nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery
- 10.5 Conclusion and future perspective
- Nomenclature
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 6, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 612
- No. of pages (eBook): 612
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128233634
- eBook ISBN: 9780128234389
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Qiwei Wang
Qiwei Wang is a research science consultant at Research & Development Center of Saudi Aramco, specialized in oilfield
chemistry and treatment chemicals with more than 25 years of industrial experience. He is the recipient of NACE
International Technical Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the industry. Qiwei is active in professional
societies by serving on technical committees, organizing workshops, and chairing symposia. He has issued more than
180 technical publications and 30 US patents. Qiwei earned a BEng in chemical engineering from Taiyuan Institute of
Technology in China, an MEng in material sciences from Harbin Institute of Technology in China, an MSc in chemistry from
the University of Ryukyus in Japan, and a PhD in chemical oceanography from Texas A&M University.
Affiliations and expertise
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