Study on Preparation of Water-Soluble DRA for High Water Heavy Oil Well and Field Application Evaluation

Abstract:

The high water content of heavy oil emulsions are O / W or W / O unstable estate, to solve the problem of heavy oil wells in the viscosity, after a large number of laboratory tests, a water-soluble drag reduction agent(DRA) with excellent drag reducing effect for high water heavy oil well is developed. The water-soluble DRA does not have combustible nature and solves also the problem of the security risk commonly used lower flash point viscosity reducing agent in paraffin oil well. The formulations and preparation method of the water-soluble drag reduction agent are introduced and the field applications are evaluated in this paper. The applications of more than 110 oil wells in Fifth Oil Production Plant in North China Oilfield have shown that the heavy oil viscosity reduction and drag reduction effects of water-soluble DRA are remarkable, and the hot wash cycle of oil well is prolonged.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 616-618)
• Pages: 680-684
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.616-618.680
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Zheng Jun Long, Ya Rong Fu, Dong Qing Li, Li Xia Fu, Qian Fu
• Keywords: Application Evaluation, Heavy Oil, Preparation, Water-Soluble DRA

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DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.430-432.2083