Interactions during various enhanced oil recovery operations

Anas M. Hassan, Mysara Eissa Mohyaldinn, Mohammed A. Ayoub, Emad W. Al-Shalabi

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Abstract

Improved/enhanced oil recovery (IOR/EOR) has the potential to unlock a significant amount of residual and trapped oil from existing and new hydrocarbon resources. This chapter addresses the various IOR/EOR strategies in carbonates and sandstone reservoirs, including chemical EOR, and hybrid EOR procedures. Each of these EOR approaches has its own set of challenges and preferences when it comes to the environment where it is used. Recent investigations have provided new insights into COBR systems, which have helped to improve the performance of these EOR methods. Detailed awareness of COBR systems can aid in better implement EOR methods in the field to maximize oil recovery (i.e., cost-effective) while also reducing environmental impact (i.e., CO2 footprint). Consequently, the primary goal of this chapter is to increase the reader's understanding of the extent of fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions to enable efficient IOR/EOR project designs that accurately reflect the requirements of candidate reservoirs for upstream oil and gas applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDevelopments in Petroleum Science
PublisherElsevier B.V.
Pages181-246
Number of pages66
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameDevelopments in Petroleum Science
Volume78
ISSN (Print)0376-7361

Keywords

  • Crude oil-brine-rock systems
  • Environmental impact
  • Fluid-fluid interactions
  • Fluid-solid interactions
  • Improved/enhanced oil recovery
  • Maximize oil recovery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • General Energy
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

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