Study on the Surfactant/Polymer Combination Flooding Relative Permeability Curves in Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Abstract:

Different kinds of compound solutions were prepared by using different concentrations of hydrophobically associating polymers and sulfonate type surfactant. The static viscosity and interfacial tension of these solutions were measured. On the experimental conditions of the Suizhong 36-1 oilfield, the relative permeability curves of the water flooding and the surfactant/polymer combination flooding were measured through the constant speed unsteady method and the experimental data were processed through the way of J.B.N. The several existing kinds of viscosity processing methods of non-newtonian fluid were compared and analysed , and a new way is put forward . The results show that the relative permeability of the flooding phase is very low while displacing the heavy oil; the relative permeability of oil in combination flooding is higher than that in water flooding, the relative permeability of flooding phase in combination flooding is lower than that in water flooding and the residual oil saturation of combination flooding is lower than that of water flooding. Meanwhile, the concentrations of polymer and surfactant have a great influence on the surfactant/polymer combination relative permeability curves.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 887-888)
• Pages: 53-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.887-888.53
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Wen Chao Jiang*, Jian Zhang, Kao Ping Song, En Gao Tang, Bin Huang
• Keywords: Low Interfacial Tension, Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoir, Relative Permeability Curves, Surfactant/Polymer Combination Flooding, Viscosity Processing Methods

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