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Investigating the Effect of Different Flood Patterns on Field Performance During Foam Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Authors :
Nwanwe, Onyebuchi Ivan
Izuwa, Nkemakolam Chinedu
Nwanwe, Chibuzo Cosmas
Chikwe, Anthony Ogbaegbe
Onyejekwe, Ifeanyichukwu Michael
Odo, Jude Emeka
Source :
Journal of Engineering Science & Technology Review; 2024, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p245-254, 10p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Foam flooding has been successfully implemented in solving problems that arise during gas flooding as it increases gas viscosity and reduces gas relative permeability resulting in favorable mobility ratios and better volumetric sweep efficiency. This research study aims to evaluate the effect of different flood patterns on field performance during foam enhanced oil recovery. A three-dimensional reservoir simulation model was developed with a reservoir simulator and each flood pattern including normal and inverted four, five, seven, and nine-spots were modeled and simulated separately under consistent conditions of field gas injection rate, bottom-hole pressure of production wells, and surfactant concentration. Field Oil Efficiency (FOE), Net Present Value (NPV), Rate of Return (ROR), and Payout Time (POT) were used in making comparisons. An Original Oil in Place of 139.43 MMSTB was found at the initialization. Simulation results showed that a normal and an inverted five-spot pattern were more effective in their respective categories as they resulted respectively in higher FOE, lower FGOR, higher NPV and ROR, and shorter POT. An inverted five-spot resulted in an FOE of 4.36 %, an NPV of $ 83.48 million, and an ROR of 13.64% higher than that obtained for a normal five spot, and a payout time of 1.54 years shorter than that obtained for the normal five spots. The findings highlight the superior efficiency of the normal and inverted five-spot patterns, with the inverted five-spot pattern demonstrating significantly better performance in terms of FOE, NPV, ROR, and POT. Based on the presented results, an inverted five-spot pattern was recommended in this paper as the best flood pattern during foam-enhanced oil recovery applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17912377
Volume :
17
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Engineering Science & Technology Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
178704088
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.25103/jestr.173.25