1. SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
School of petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Petroleum and refining engineering
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by Electromagnetic Heating and effect of Magnetic/Para-magnetic Particles on Heavy Oil Viscosity
This presentation was prepared for presentation at oil and gas international conference held in Siberian Federal University ,Krasnoyarsk,Russia ,19-20 April 2017.
Hossein Ebrahimi
Date: April
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*70% unconventional
API>25 DEGREE = CONVENTIAL(LIGHT )OIL
API<25 UNCONVENTIONAL IN FORM OF HEAVY OIL AND BITUMEN
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3. *technically recoverable heavy oil 13 billion barrels
*technically recoverable of b itumen
34 billion barrels
MAJOR RUSSIAN OIL BASIN
The United States Geological Survey
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Chemical (Nano powders) + Electro magnetic heating
*Why EMH ? 1-thin reservoir 2-Basin 3-Economical (By combination) 4-Environmental 5-SHELF AND DEEP WATER OIL 50% OF WORLD’S UNDISCOVERD OIL IS OFFSHORE .AROUND 300 BBL
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1-CO2 INJECTION 2-WATER INJECTION 3-NANO POWDER +POLYMER INJECTION 4-STEAM HEATING 5-EMH
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My EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
1- INVESTIGATION ON EFFECT OF MAGNETIC AND PARA MAGNETIC PARTICLES ON VISCOSITY OF HEAVY OIL AND ROLE OF NI , IRON DIOXIDE ,AL2O3 AS CATALYST ON IN –PLACE HEAVY OIL RECOVERY
2- INVESTIGATION ON EFFECT OF EMH IN-PLACE ON EOR
3-ENHANCED OIL RECOVER (EOR) DEVICE
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1- INVESTIGATION ON EFFECT OF MAGNETIC AND PARA MAGNETIC PARTICLES ON VISCOSITY OF HEAVY OIL AND ROLE OF NICKEL , IRON DIOXIDE ,AL2O3 AS CATALYST ON IN –PLACE HEAVY OIL RECOVERY
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8. AROUND 60 TEST ON ONE SAMPLE
NIO2
FE203
AL2O3
WATER
VISCOSITY EFFECT
CATALYST EFFECT
FLOW EFFECT IN TIGH RESERVOIR
TEST NO 1 3% 6%
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TEST NO 2 0%
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TEST NO 3
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TEST NO 4
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TEST NO 5
TEST NO 6
TEST NO 7
TEST NO 8
UP TO TEST NO 50 OR 60 … ….
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1-INFERARED SPECTOMETRY 2-For chemical composition Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) 3-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) 4-evaluate the crystalinity of the sample X-ray Diffraction (XRD) 2-MASS SPECTOMETRY 3-NANOSIZER 4-VISCOSOMETER 5-CHROMATOGRAPHY 6-SARA (SATURATE , AROMATIC ,RESIN, )FRACTIONATION DATA 7-API DETERMINING 8-PHAS BEHAVIOUR 9-SOLUBILITY
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2- INVESTIGATION ON EFFECT OF EMH IN-PLACE EOR
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Low-frequency distributed resistive heating along the well
Electrical strip heaters have been used in the reduction of waxy deposits for several years.
Schematic diagram of low frequency ohmic heating in reservoir.
EM heating method for heavy oil production (SAGD).
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* COMSOL IS FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIER ,SOLVER , SIMULATION SOFTWARE * MATLAB INTERACTION * NUMERICAL SIMULATION SOFTWARE * GEO CHEMISTRY + FLUID + HEAT TRANSFER + MICROWAVE HEAT
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3-ENHANCED OIL RECOVER (EOR) DEVICE
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*EOR WITH EMH OR WITHOUT EMH
*POLYMER FLOWDING
*NANO AND MICRO POWDER EFFECT ON RESERVOIR
*EFFECT OF SOLVENT IN DIFFERENT PRESSURE AND TEMPRETURE AS RESERVOIR CONDITION
*RESEARCH ON DIFFERENT CHEMICAL ANG PHYSICAL CHANGES OF MATERIAL AFTER EFFECTING SOLVENT AND OTHER PARAMETERS LIKE TEMPRETURE AND ETC.
*IMPROVING INTERDISCIPLINY RESEARCH IN SFU .
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THANKS TO Dr. Fedor A. Buryukin Dr. Tomilin Felix Mrs . Nina Deryagina Mr alexandertretyakov And all of Oil and gas Institute staff for their support .
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