Print Email Facebook Twitter Experimental Assessment of the Viability of High Temperature Steam Foam Applications Title Experimental Assessment of the Viability of High Temperature Steam Foam Applications Author Jones, S.A. (TU Delft Reservoir Engineering) Bos, Robert (Shell Technology Oman) Lastovka, Vaclav (Petroleum Development Oman) Farajzadeh, R. (TU Delft Reservoir Engineering) Riyami, Mohammed (Petroleum Development Oman) Date 2022 Abstract The efficiency of oil processes depends on the product of volumetric sweep and microscopic sweep. In oil recovery by steam injection the microscopic sweep is generally good; however, obtaining a good volumetric sweep can be challenging. This is caused by low density and viscosity of the injected steam combined with the reservoir heterogeneity, in particular existence of thief zone. Consequently, the steam utilization factor measured by steam-to-oil ratio (SOR, kg steam/bbl of oil) for many steam-flooding projects becomes poor. All these issues can be addressed by a successful application of steam foam technology. In steam foam applications, steam (plus a non-condensing gas) is injected simulateneously with a surfactant solution. Under the favorable injection conditions a foam is formed inside the reservoir leading to significant reduction of steam mobility and can eventually improve sweep efficiency. In the literature many successful steam foam pilots have been reported. However, most of these applications are at relatively shallow reservoirs with low pressures and thus low temperatures. In our paper we investigate if steam foam can also be effectively used for applications at high steam temperatures, significantly exceeding 200°C. To test the viability of steam foam technology at high temperatures, we have tested the stability of multiple surfactants at reservoir conditions. For those surfactants that showed good stability, core flood tests have been carried out to test the ability to form foam and to assess the resulting foam strength. Steam foam tests have also been carried out at temperature up to 240°C. Subject enhanced recoverydrilling fluids and materialsconcentrationfarajzadehflow in porous mediaupstream oil & gashigh temperature steam foam applicationthermal methodsagdfluid dynamics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:77dcdf09-b0d6-452c-942c-eaea0ada27c7 DOI https://doi.org/10.2118/200198-MS Publisher Society of Petroleum Engineers Embargo date 2022-10-01 ISBN 978-1-61399-706-2 Source Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum and Energy Show, OPES 2022 Event 2022 SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum and Energy Show, OPES 2022, 2022-03-21 → 2022-03-23, Muscat, Oman Series Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Conference at Oman Petroleum and Energy Show, OPES 2022 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 S.A. Jones, Robert Bos, Vaclav Lastovka, R. Farajzadeh, Mohammed Riyami Files PDF spe_200198_ms.pdf 7.5 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:77dcdf09-b0d6-452c-942c-eaea0ada27c7/datastream/OBJ/view