An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers
The introduction of polymers into the reservoir yields favorable mobility ratio between the entrapped crude and injected water to improve sweep efficiency and incremental recovery of the reservoir. Xanthan Gum is the most widely utilized bio-polymer for chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR), but the...
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| author | Chukwuebuka Dike Nkemakolam Izuwa Anthony Kerunwa Onyebuchi Nwanwe Nzenwa Enyioko Boniface Obah |
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| description | The introduction of polymers into the reservoir yields favorable mobility ratio between the entrapped crude and injected water to improve sweep efficiency and incremental recovery of the reservoir. Xanthan Gum is the most widely utilized bio-polymer for chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR), but the polymer is imported. However, recent studies have shown the potentials of local bio-polymers in alternating conventional polymer in CEOR. This have attracted serious interest due to their availability, low cost and eco-friendly nature. In this paper a comparative CEOR investigation was conducted between conventional and local polymers. Cook Pine Exudate (CPEG), Afzelia Africana (AA) and Terminalia Mantaly Exudate (TMEG) were used as local-polymer while Xanthan Gum (XG) was used conventional polymer. FTIR evaluation, aqueous stability, Viscosity, Adsorption and EOR core-flood study were conducted on the investigation. From the FTIR evaluation CPEG, AA and TMEG can be classified as polysaccharides. From Aqueous Stability test, CPEG, AA and TMEG formed colloidal phase with water. From the viscosity result CPEG, AA and TMEG recorded similar viscosity trend present in XG. From the Adsorption test, increase in concentration increased adsorption rate. From the CEOR study, favorable mobility ratio was achieved at 0.25wt% concentration for all polymers utilized for the study. 0.25wt% CPEG yielded the best recovery of the polymer formulation as it recorded additional 17.65% after secondary recovery, while TMEG, XG and AA recorded additional 16.67% 15% and 14.5% respectively. The study showed that CPEG, AA and TMEG can be used as alternative to XG |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8f8aca1f0eff43b9912133469484d6b42025-01-21T14:29:48ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering2423-673X2423-67212024-12-0158231132410.22059/jchpe.2024.372867.148697512An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local BiopolymersChukwuebuka Dike0Nkemakolam Izuwa1Anthony Kerunwa2Onyebuchi Nwanwe3Nzenwa Enyioko4Boniface Obah5Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, NigeriaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, NigeriaThe introduction of polymers into the reservoir yields favorable mobility ratio between the entrapped crude and injected water to improve sweep efficiency and incremental recovery of the reservoir. Xanthan Gum is the most widely utilized bio-polymer for chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR), but the polymer is imported. However, recent studies have shown the potentials of local bio-polymers in alternating conventional polymer in CEOR. This have attracted serious interest due to their availability, low cost and eco-friendly nature. In this paper a comparative CEOR investigation was conducted between conventional and local polymers. Cook Pine Exudate (CPEG), Afzelia Africana (AA) and Terminalia Mantaly Exudate (TMEG) were used as local-polymer while Xanthan Gum (XG) was used conventional polymer. FTIR evaluation, aqueous stability, Viscosity, Adsorption and EOR core-flood study were conducted on the investigation. From the FTIR evaluation CPEG, AA and TMEG can be classified as polysaccharides. From Aqueous Stability test, CPEG, AA and TMEG formed colloidal phase with water. From the viscosity result CPEG, AA and TMEG recorded similar viscosity trend present in XG. From the Adsorption test, increase in concentration increased adsorption rate. From the CEOR study, favorable mobility ratio was achieved at 0.25wt% concentration for all polymers utilized for the study. 0.25wt% CPEG yielded the best recovery of the polymer formulation as it recorded additional 17.65% after secondary recovery, while TMEG, XG and AA recorded additional 16.67% 15% and 14.5% respectively. The study showed that CPEG, AA and TMEG can be used as alternative to XGhttps://jchpe.ut.ac.ir/article_97512_ba9bb11ae3c6fd4880ae6bbe52762914.pdfadsorptionenhanced oil recoveryftirlocal polymersviscosity evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Chukwuebuka Dike Nkemakolam Izuwa Anthony Kerunwa Onyebuchi Nwanwe Nzenwa Enyioko Boniface Obah An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering adsorption enhanced oil recovery ftir local polymers viscosity evaluation |
| title | An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers |
| title_full | An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers |
| title_short | An Investigation On The Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance Of Local Biopolymers |
| title_sort | investigation on the enhanced oil recovery performance of local biopolymers |
| topic | adsorption enhanced oil recovery ftir local polymers viscosity evaluation |
| url | https://jchpe.ut.ac.ir/article_97512_ba9bb11ae3c6fd4880ae6bbe52762914.pdf |
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