Petroleum Sulfonates as Oil Displacement Agent and Application

Abstract:

In terms of the condition of injection water after polymer flooding of Gudao oilfield, the following water quickly broke though the bank to the production wells, while most of residual oil remains in the formation. To solve the problem, two kind of petroleum sulfonates made in China are selected to form oil displacement agent (ODA) solution. The petroleum sulfonate available for crude oil of Gudao oilfield with the ultra-low interfacial tension is found by drawing an oil/water interfacial tension contour diagram. The results show that the interfacial tension can be lower than 3.6×10-4mN/m when the active agent contained with 0.25%KPS+0.225%APS, and the agent reduces water resistance of entering the hole to improve sweep coefficient and oil displacement efficiency. The existence of the polymer has no influence on the balanced value of interfacial tension, but just delays the interfacial tension to reach the balance. Pouring into 0.3 pore volume (PV) high-efficient ODA can improve 17% oil recovery. Synergistic effect of two kind of petroleum sulfonate with low cost to enhance oil recovery will have a great prospect for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 529)
• Pages: 512-516
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.529.512
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Sheng Chun Xiong, Ying He, Mao Lei Cui
• Keywords: Dynamic Interfacial Tension, EOR, Interfacial Tension Isogram, Oil Displacement Agent, Petroleum Sulfonate, Polymer Flooding

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