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Corredor LM, Escobar S, Cifuentes J, Llanos S, Quintero HI, Colmenares K, Espinosa C, Delgadillo CL, Romero Bohórquez AR, Manrique E. Effect of a SILICA/HPAM Nanohybrid on Heavy Oil Recovery and Treatment: Experimental and Simulation Study. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:38532-38547. [PMID: 39310147 PMCID: PMC11411534 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c03772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 08/16/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
Abstract
The addition of nanoparticles has been presented as an alternative approach to counteract the degradation of polymeric solutions for enhanced oil recovery. In this context, a nanohybrid (NH34) of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (MW ∼12 MDa) and nanosilica modified with 2% 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (nSiO2-APTES) was synthesized and evaluated. NH34 was characterized by using dynamic light scattering, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Fluid-fluid tests assessed its viscosifying power, mechanical stability, filterability, and emulsion behavior. Rock-fluid tests were carried out to determine the nanohybrid's adsorption in porous media, the inaccessible pore volume (IPV), and the resistance (RF) and residual resistance factors (RRF). These tests were conducted under the conditions of a Colombian field. NH34 results were compared with four (4) commercial polymers (P34, P88, P51, and PA2). The viscosifying power of NH34 was observed to be similar to that of the four commercial polymers at a lower concentration, but it exhibits more resistance to mechanical and chemical degradation. The evaluation of the emulsion behavior showed that the nanohybrid neither changed the dehydration process nor altered the crude oil viscosity, favoring its extraction at the wellhead. However, the water clarification treatment must be adjusted because the oil and grease contents and turbidity increase with the residual concentration of NH34. Incremental oil recovery factors obtained by numerical simulation (compared to waterflooding) were P51 (5.5%) > P34 (4.9%) > P88 (4.8%) > NH34 (2.6%) > PA2 (0.9%). The polymers P51, P34, and P88 had a better recovery factor than NH34 and PA2 due to their lower values of residual adsorption and IPV. Few studies have been reported on polymer nanohybrids' emulsion and flow behavior. Therefore, further research is needed to enhance our understanding of the fundamental enhanced oil recovery mechanisms associated with polymer nanohybrids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura M. Corredor
- Instituto
Colombiano del Petróleo, ECOPETROL S.A., Piedecuesta 681011, Colombia
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- Universidad
Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680006, Colombia
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- Instituto
Colombiano del Petróleo, ECOPETROL S.A., Piedecuesta 681011, Colombia
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- Grupo
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Investigación en Química Estructural, Departamento de
Química, Universidad Industrial de
Santander, Bucaramanga 680006, Colombia
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Wang H, You Q, Zhang T, Adenutsi CD, Gao M. Experimental Investigation on Spontaneous Imbibition of Surfactant Mixtures in Low Permeability Reservoirs. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:14171-14176. [PMID: 37091392 PMCID: PMC10116499 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Spontaneous imbibition of surfactants could efficiently enhance oil recovery in low permeability sandstone reservoirs. The majority of studies have considered the application of individual surfactants to alter wettability and reduce interfacial tension (IFT). However, a significant synergistic effect has been reported between different types of surfactants and between salts and surfactants. Therefore, this study systematically studied the capability of a binary surfactant mixture (anionic/nonionic) and a ternary surfactant mixture (anionic/nonionic/strong base-weak acid salt) in imbibition enhanced oil recovery (IEOR). The interfacial properties and the cores' wettability were explored by IFT and contact angle measurements, respectively. Subsequently, the imbibition performances of different types of surfactant solutions were discussed. The results suggested that the surfactants' potential to enhance oil recovery followed the order of ternary surfactant mixture > binary surfactant mixture > anionic > nonionic > amphoteric > polymer. The ternary surfactant mixture exhibited strong capacity to reverse the rock surface from oil-wet (125°) to strongly water-wet (3°), which was more significant than both binary surfactant mixtures and individual surfactants. In addition, the ternary surfactant mixture led to an ultralow IFT value of 0.0015 mN/m, achieving the highest imbibition efficiency (45% OOIP). This research puts forward some new ideas on the application of the synergistic effects of surfactants in IEOR from low-permeability sandstone reservoirs.
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- Huan Wang
- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geological Evaluation
and Development Engineering, Beijing 100083, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geological Evaluation
and Development Engineering, Beijing 100083, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Unconventional Natural Gas Geological Evaluation
and Development Engineering, Beijing 100083, China
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- Core
and Rock Properties Laboratory, Department of Petroleum Engineering,
Faculty of Civil and Geo-Engineering, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi MC9M+9VJ, Ghana
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- School
of Petroleum Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
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Liu F, Gao C, Zhang C, Gang H, Mu B, Yang S. A new zwitterionic surfactant with high interfacial activity and high salt tolerance derived from methyl oleate through an eco‐friendly aryl‐introducing method. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fang‐Hui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Engineering Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, MOE East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Engineering Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, MOE East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
- Engineering Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, MOE East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Lang JQ, Mtui HI, Gang HZ, Mu BZ, Yang SZ. Highly Ca 2+-Ion-Tolerant Biobased Zwitterionic Surfactant with High Interfacial Activity. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:32775-32783. [PMID: 36120073 PMCID: PMC9476214 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The wide application of surfactants has a harmful effect on the environment, drawing more attention to the development and application of low-toxicity surfactants. A salt-tolerant and low-toxicity biobased zwitterionic surfactant, N,N-dimethyl-N-[2-hydroxy-3-sulfo-propyl]-N-benzyloxyoctadecanoyl-1,3-propanediamine (SPBOPA), was prepared from the oleic acid extracted from waste oils and anise ether extracted from the tarragon. The final surfactant structure was confirmed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The SPBOPA surfactant could reduce the interfacial tension between crude oil and formation brine to ultralow (5.2 × 10-4 mN/m) at a low dosage without extra alkali. It still had good interfacial properties in NaCl up to 60 g/L, Ca2+ up to 2000 mg/L, and temperature up to 100 °C. Furthermore, SPBOPA had strong antidilution and antiadsorption properties with low toxicity as demonstrated by the high LD50 value of >5000 mg/kg·BW. It could also enhance the wetting ability of crude oil surfaces. Meanwhile, it showed a high biodegradability in the environment. All of the results achieved in this work confirmed that the SPBOPA surfactant is a more robust and promising biobased surfactant candidate than traditional surfactants as an eco-friendly surfactant for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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- Jian-Qiao Lang
- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and
Molecular Engineering, East China University
of Science and Technology, Meilong 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and
Molecular Engineering, East China University
of Science and Technology, Meilong 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and
Molecular Engineering, East China University
of Science and Technology, Meilong 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Engineering
Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and
Molecular Engineering, East China University
of Science and Technology, Meilong 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Engineering
Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Shanghai
Collaborative Innovation Center for Bio-manufacturing Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and School of Chemistry and
Molecular Engineering, East China University
of Science and Technology, Meilong 130, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Engineering
Research Center of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Shanghai
Collaborative Innovation Center for Bio-manufacturing Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Maghsoudian A, Tamsilian Y, Kord S, Soltani Soulgani B, Esfandiarian A, Shajirat M. Styrene intermolecular associating incorporated-polyacrylamide flooding of crude oil in carbonate coated micromodel system at high temperature, high salinity condition: Rheology, wettability alteration, recovery mechanisms. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gao CL, Wang X, Gang HZ, Liu JF, Mu BZ, Yang SZ. The optimization of heterogeneous catalytic conditions in the direct alkylation of waste vegetable oil. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2020; 7:192254. [PMID: 32874616 PMCID: PMC7428286 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.192254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Alkylated waste vegetable oil is a versatile intermediate product in the synthesis of bio-based materials. Heterogeneous catalytic condition with high conversion rate in the direct alkylation of waste vegetable oil was reported and the deactivation mechanism of catalyst was revealed. The total exchange capacity, elemental composition and pyrolysis product of catalyst before and after the alkylation reaction were analysed by back titration, elemental analysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, gas chromatography mass spectrometry and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, respectively. The results indicated that the metallic and non-metallic (C, H) elements contents of the catalyst have very much increased with great changes in pyrolysis product and a slight decrease in the total exchange capacity. The formation of insoluble polymers through Diels-Alder cycloaddition between triglycerides was proved to be the major factor causing the dysfunction of the catalytic centre. The metal ions from corrosion of the reactor were the minor factor causing about 2.56% loss of the catalytic centre. Moreover, the catalyst was able to maintain high catalytic efficiency when replacing the raw materials with other waste vegetable oil having low concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which is significant for producing not only the aryl fatty acids derivatives but also the bio-based surfactants.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Institute of Applied Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Construction and thickening mechanism of amphiphilic polymer supramolecular system based on polyacid. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.110921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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