Volume 4, Issue 11 (November 2017), Pages: 88-93

----------------------------------------------

 Original Research Paper

 Title: Performance of surfactant-polymer flooding under the influence of intermittent ultrasonic waves

 Author(s): Nor Asyikin Noruddin *, Wan Rosli Wan Sulaiman, Abdul Razak Ismail

 Affiliation(s):

 Petroleum Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bharu, Malaysia

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.011.013

 Full Text - PDF          XML

Abstract:

The main focus of this research is to initiate the use of intermittent vibration in order to save the cost. Mechanical vibrations generated by ultrasonic radiation influence interfacial forces and increase the relative permeability of the phases. In this project, ultrasonic vibration was designed to assist surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding process for more significant effects, as  SP flooding is one of EOR methods that is able to maximize both sweep and displacement efficiency. Besides, this work has been designed to understand the mechanics of intermittent ultrasonic vibration in influencing additional recovery of SP flooding, reduction of residual oil saturation, and displacement pattern at pore scale during the flooding process under exposure of ultrasonic waves. To achieve this, experiments consisting of visualization (at pore scale) and displacement experiments were conducted. Ultrasonic power was changed to see the influence on the process. Residual oil saturation at end of the flooding was recorded and snapshots of oil displacement were taken. The outcomes justified that intermittent vibrations can produce and enhance more additional oil recovery of SP flooding compared to the continuous vibration, and the reduction of residual oil saturation, and oil displacement rate highly dependent on the ultrasonic power. 

 © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Intermittent ultrasonic wave, Ultrasonic wave, Surfactant-polymer, Enhanced oil recovery, Chemical flooding

 Article History: Received 2 February 2017, Received in revised form 29 August 2017, Accepted 10 September 2017

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.011.013

 Citation:

 Noruddin NA, Sulaiman WRW, and Ismail AR (2017). Performance of surfactant-polymer flooding under the influence of intermittent ultrasonic waves. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(11): 88-93

 Permanent Link:

 http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V4I11/Noruddin.html

----------------------------------------------

 References (8)

1. Beresnev I, Vigil D, and Li W (2005). The mechanism of recovery of residual oil by elastic waves and vibrations. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 24: 1386-1389. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2147946 
2. Cherskiy NV, Tsarev VP, Konovalov VM, and Kuznetsov OL (1997). The effect of ultrasound on permeability of rocks to water. Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Section, 232: 201-204.     
3. Duhon RD and Campbell JM (1965). The effect of ultrasonic energy on flow through porous media. In the SPE 2nd Annual Eastern Regional Meeting of SPE/AIME, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Charleston, USA: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.2118/1316-MS 
4. Dyblenko VP, Tufanov IA, Suleymanov GA, and Lysenkov AP (1989). Percolation phenomena and processes in saturated porous media under the vibro-wave action, in ways of intensification of oil production. (Putu intensifikatsii dobychi nefti). Proc. (Trudy) Basharki Res. Design Inst. Oil (Bashnipineft): 45–51. [In Russian].     
5. Gadiev SM (1977). Use of vibrations in oil production. Nedra Press, Moscow, Russia.     
6. Hamidi H (2012). A role of ultrasonic frequency and power on oil mobilization in underground petroleum reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2(1): 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-012-0018-x 
7. Li W, Vigil RD, Beresnev IA, Iassonov P, and Ewing R (2005). Vibration-induced mobilization of trapped oil ganglia in porous media: Experimental validation of a capillary-physics mechanism. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 289(1): 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2005.03.067  PMid:16009227     
8. Mohammadian E, Shirazi MA, and Idris AK (2011). Enhancing oil recovery through application of ultrasonic assisted waterflooding. In the SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Jakarta, Indonesia: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2118/145014-MS