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Laboratory Evaluation of the Plugging Performance of an Inorganic Profile Control Agent for Thermal Oil Recovery

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  • Keyang Cheng

    (School of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
    School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China)

  • Yongjian Liu

    (School of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China)

  • Zhilin Qi

    (School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China)

  • Jie Tian

    (School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China)

  • Taotao Luo

    (School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China)

  • Shaobin Hu

    (School of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China)

  • Jun Li

    (School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China)

Abstract

During the process of steam thermal recovery of heavy oil, steam channeling seriously affects the production and ultimate recovery. In this study, fly ash was used as the plugging agent, and then a series of plugging experiments based on the results of two-dimensional (2D) experiments were conducted to study the effect of plugging the steam breakthrough channels. The experimental results show that the inorganic particle plugging agent made from the fly ash had a good suspension stability, consolidation strength, and injection performance. Because of these characteristics, it was migrated farther in the formation with a high permeability than in the formation with a low permeability, and the plugging rate was greater than 99%. After steam injection, it had a good anti-flush ability and stable plugging performance in the formation. In terms of the oil displacement effect, oil recovery in the formation with a low permeability was effectively improved because of plugging. The results show that the inorganic particle plugging agent could effectively control the steam channeling and it improved the development effect of the heavy oil reservoir.

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  • Keyang Cheng & Yongjian Liu & Zhilin Qi & Jie Tian & Taotao Luo & Shaobin Hu & Jun Li, 2022. "Laboratory Evaluation of the Plugging Performance of an Inorganic Profile Control Agent for Thermal Oil Recovery," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-10, July.
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    1. Dong, Xiaohu & Liu, Huiqing & Chen, Zhangxin & Wu, Keliu & Lu, Ning & Zhang, Qichen, 2019. "Enhanced oil recovery techniques for heavy oil and oilsands reservoirs after steam injection," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 239(C), pages 1190-1211.
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