Long Yunqian, Wang Renyi, Zhu Baikang, Huang Xiaohe, Leng Zhe, Chen Liqiao, Song Fuquan
Institute of Innovation & Application, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
United National-Local Engineering Laboratory of Harbor Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Apr 11;9(4):600. doi: 10.3390/nano9040600.
Polymeric nanoparticle suspension is a newly developed oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in low-permeability reservoirs. In this work, SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) polymeric nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a simple distillation-precipitation polymerization method. Due to the introduction of polymer, the SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) nanoparticles show a favorable swelling performance in aqueous solution, and their particle sizes increase from 631 to 1258 nm as the swelling times increase from 24 to 120 h. The apparent viscosity of SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) suspension increases with an increase of mass concentration and swelling time, whereas it decreases as the salinity and temperature increase. The SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) suspension behaves like a non-Newtonian fluid at lower shear rates, yet like a Newtonian fluid at shear rates greater than 300 s. The EOR tests of the SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability cores show that SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) nanoparticles can effectively improve the sweep efficiency and recover more residual oils. A high permeability ratio can result in a high incremental oil recovery in parallel cores. With an increase of the permeability ratio of parallel cores from 1.40 to 15.49, the ratios of incremental oil recoveries (low permeability/high permeability) change from 7.69/4.61 to 23.61/8.46. This work demonstrates that this SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) suspension is an excellent conformance control agent for EOR in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs. The findings of this study can help to further the understanding of the mechanisms of EOR using SiO₂/P(MBAAm--AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs.
聚合物纳米颗粒悬浮液是一种新开发的用于低渗透油藏提高采收率(EOR)的驱油剂。在本研究中,通过简单的蒸馏沉淀聚合法成功合成了SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)聚合物纳米颗粒。由于聚合物的引入,SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)纳米颗粒在水溶液中表现出良好的溶胀性能,随着溶胀时间从24小时增加到120小时,其粒径从631纳米增加到1258纳米。SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)悬浮液的表观粘度随着质量浓度和溶胀时间的增加而增大,而随着盐度和温度的升高而降低。SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)悬浮液在较低剪切速率下表现为非牛顿流体,而在剪切速率大于300 s时表现为牛顿流体。SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)悬浮液在非均质低渗透岩心中的EOR试验表明,SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)纳米颗粒能有效提高波及效率并采出更多剩余油。高渗透率比可导致平行岩心中的采油增量较高。随着平行岩心渗透率比从1.40增加到15.49,采油增量比(低渗透率/高渗透率)从7.69/4.61变为23.61/8.46。本研究表明,这种SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)悬浮液是一种用于非均质低渗透油藏EOR的优良调剖剂。该研究结果有助于进一步理解在非均质低渗透油藏中使用SiO₂/P(MBAAm-AM)悬浮液进行EOR的机理。