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Submit a ProposalAcoustic and Vibrational Enhanced Oil Recovery
 | By George V. Chilingar, Kazem Majid Sadeghi, and Oleg Leonidovich Kuznetsov Copyright: 2022 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781119760153 | Hardcover | 394 pages Price: $225 USD  |
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Written by one of the most renowned petroleum engineers in history and his esteemed co-author, this new and groundbreaking method for enhanced oil recovery revolutionizes a changing industry.
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Petroleum Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Earthquake and Energy engineers, Environmental Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Mining and Geological Engineers, Sustainability Engineers, Physicists, Chemists, Geologists, and other professionals working in this field
Petroleum Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Earthquake and Energy engineers, Environmental Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Mining and Geological Engineers, Sustainability Engineers, Physicists, Chemists, Geologists, and other professionals working in this field
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Based on research they did in the 1970s in Russia and the United States, the authors discovered that oil rate production increased noticeably several days after the occurrence of an earthquake when the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the vicinity of the oil producing field. The increase in oil flow remained higher for a considerable period of time, and it led to a decade-long study both in the Russia and the US, which gradually focused on the use of acoustic/vibrational energy to for enhanced oil recovery after reservoirs waterflooded. In the 1980s, they noticed in soil remediation studies that sonic energy applied to soil increases the rate of hydrocarbon removal and decreases the percentage of residual hydrocarbons. In the past several decades, the use of various seismic vibration techniques have been used in various countries and have resulted in incremental oil production.
This outstanding new volume validates results of vibro-stimulation tests for enhanced oil recovery, using powerful surface-based vibro-seismic sources. It proves that the rate of displacement of oil by water increases and the percentage of nonrecoverable residual oil decreases if vibro-energy is applied to the porous medium containing oil.
The book outlines the physical foundations of vibration and acoustic impact on the reservoir to enhance oil recovery and increase the rate of development of depleted and waterlogged oil fields. The developed technologies are environmentally friendly and do not cause damage to well structure elements. This book is for students, researchers, engineering personnel and operators involved in petroleum engineering, geophysics, and for revitalizing dead or abandoned oilfields. Whether for the veteran engineer or scientist, the student, or a manager or other technician working in the field, this volume is a must-have for any library.
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Based on research they did in the 1970s in Russia and the United States, the authors discovered that oil rate production increased noticeably several days after the occurrence of an earthquake when the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the vicinity of the oil producing field. The increase in oil flow remained higher for a considerable period of time, and it led to a decade-long study both in the Russia and the US, which gradually focused on the use of acoustic/vibrational energy to for enhanced oil recovery after reservoirs waterflooded. In the 1980s, they noticed in soil remediation studies that sonic energy applied to soil increases the rate of hydrocarbon removal and decreases the percentage of residual hydrocarbons. In the past several decades, the use of various seismic vibration techniques have been used in various countries and have resulted in incremental oil production.
This outstanding new volume validates results of vibro-stimulation tests for enhanced oil recovery, using powerful surface-based vibro-seismic sources. It proves that the rate of displacement of oil by water increases and the percentage of nonrecoverable residual oil decreases if vibro-energy is applied to the porous medium containing oil.
The book outlines the physical foundations of vibration and acoustic impact on the reservoir to enhance oil recovery and increase the rate of development of depleted and waterlogged oil fields. The developed technologies are environmentally friendly and do not cause damage to well structure elements. This book is for students, researchers, engineering personnel and operators involved in petroleum engineering, geophysics, and for revitalizing dead or abandoned oilfields. Whether for the veteran engineer or scientist, the student, or a manager or other technician working in the field, this volume is a must-have for any library.
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Author / Editor Details
George V. Chilingar, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of petroleum, civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, and PhD in Geology at the University of Southern California. Professor Chilingar is Academician, USC International Ambassador, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder and past President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences USA Branch, Honorary Professor of Gubkin University, Russia, and Honorary Consul of Honduras in Los Angeles, CA. In 2021, Professor Chilingar was given the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Honorary Membership award in Dubai for outstanding service to SPE and distinguished scientific and engineering achievements. The results of his investigation are presented in over 500 research articles and 73 books in the fields of petroleum and environmental engineering and petroleum geology.
George V. Chilingar, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of petroleum, civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, and PhD in Geology at the University of Southern California. Professor Chilingar is Academician, USC International Ambassador, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder and past President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences USA Branch, Honorary Professor of Gubkin University, Russia, and Honorary Consul of Honduras in Los Angeles, CA. In 2021, Professor Chilingar was given the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Honorary Membership award in Dubai for outstanding service to SPE and distinguished scientific and engineering achievements. The results of his investigation are presented in over 500 research articles and 73 books in the fields of petroleum and environmental engineering and petroleum geology.
Kazem Majid Sadeghi, PhD, has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), a Master of Science in environmental engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), an Engineer Degree in Civil Engineering USC, and PhD in geography from UCSB. Professor Sadeghi has been researching and teaching for many years at UCSB and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has over 30 years of civil and environmental engineering and consulting experience, including hazardous waste management, pollution prevention assessments, design of industrial wastewater pretreatment facilities and gas collection/treatment systems, treatment of carbonaceous materials, soil remediation, and enhanced oil recovery.
Oleg Leonidovich Kuznetsov, Grand PhD in Engineering, is a graduate from Moscow Geological-Prospecting Institute. Upon graduation he worked at the Institute of Geology and Mining of Fossil Fuels of the Academy of Sciences and All-Union Institute of Nuclear Geophysics and Geochemistry. He worked in the All-Russia Institute of Geosystem and is a professor at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. In addition, he is a professor at Dubna State University working on research development and teaching. Professor Kuznetsov is President of Russia’s Academy of Natural Sciences. He is the author of a number of papers and books on applied geophysical technology and several monographs.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Origin and Migration of Oil
1.1.1 Seismicity
1.1.2 Electrokinetics
1.1.3 Earth Tides
1.1.4 Compaction
1.1.5 Migration in a Gaseous Form
1.2 Seismic Vibration Techniques
1.2.1 Producing Well Experiments
1.2.2 Mechanisms of Interaction of Fluid Flow With the Vibro-Energy in Porous Media
References
2. Wave Spreading Patterns in the Porous Media
2.1 Spread of Vibration in Reservoir
2.2 Effect on the Wave Spread of the Oil Accumulations by the Geologo-Geophysical Conditions
2.3 Wave Spreading From the Vibrating Surface of the Reservoir Matrix Into the Saturated Medium
2.4 Excitation of Vibration in Oil Reservoirs
References
3. Directional Displacement of a Dispersed Phase
3.1 Simplest Models of the Vibrational Directional Displacement
3.2 Physical Mechanisms and Major Types of Asymmetry Causing Vibratory Displacement
3.3 Directed Motion of the Dispersed Phase in Vibrating Pore Channels
3.4 Directional Motion of the Vibrating Dispersed Phase in Pore Channels References
4, Formation Damage Control
4.1 Status of the Reservoir
4.2 Vibration Effect on the Reservoir’s Heat Properties
4.3 Decolmatation of the Near-Bottomhole Zone in the Vibration Field
4.4 Cement Sheath Stability Around a Well in the Vibration Field References
5. Effect of Vibration Mechanism on Improving Oil Yield
5.1 Major Causes of Incomplete Oil Recovery From the Subsurface
5.1.1 Oil Displacement by Miscible Hydrocarbons
5.1.2 Oil Displacement by a High-Pressure Dry Gas
5.1.3 Oil Displacement by an Enriched Gas
5.1.4 Oils Displacement by Liquefied Petroleum Gas
5.1.5 Oil Displacement With Carbon Dioxide
5.1.6 Oil Displacement by Polymer Solutions
5.1.7 Oil Displacement by Micellar Solutions
5.1.8 Thermal Methods
5.1.9 The Vibroseismic Method
5.2 A Study of the Residual Formation Pressure in the Vibration Field
5.3 A Study of the Oil Capillary Displacement in the Vibration Field
5.4 Studies of the Oil and Water Gravity Flow in the Vibration Field
5.4.1 Absolute Permeability Effect
5.4.2 An Effect of Oil Viscosity
5.4.3 The Capillary Pressure Effect
5.4.4 The Oil and Water Phase Permeability Effect
References
6. Vibration Effect on Properties of Saturating Phases in a Reservoir
6.1 Changes in Interfacial Tensions and Rheological Parameters
6.1.1 A Newtonian Liquid
6.1.2 A Viscoplastic Liquid
6.2 Permeability Changes
6.2.1 A Single-Phase Flow
6.2.2 Two-Phase Flow
6.2.3 Three-Phase Flow
6.3 Capillary Pressure Changes
6.4 Interformational Oil Degassing and a Decline in the Formation Water Saturation References
7. Energy Criteria
7.1 Parameters of Oscillatory Treatment and Conditions for Manifestation of Useful Effects in Saturated Geological Media
7.2 Wavelike Nature of the Oil-Saturated Geological Media Stress-Energy Exchange. Elastic Oscillations as an Energy Exchange Indicator and Regulator
7.2.1 Manifestation of Seismoacoustic Radiation in Oil-Saturated Media Exposed to Internal Stress Disturbance and Elastic Oscillation Treatment
7.2.2 Mechanism of Receptive Accumulation of Mechanical Stress Energy in Failing
Oil-Saturated Media
7.3 Justification of Rational Wave Treatment for the Near-Wellbore Zone and Entire Reservoir
7.3.1 Reservoir Treatment With Elastic Oscillations
References
8. Types of Existing Treatments
8.1 Integrated Technologies of the Near-Wellbore Zone Vibrowave Treatment
8.1.1 Downhole Equipment
8.1.2 Integrated Vibrowave, Overbalance/Pressure-Drawdown, and Chemical Treatment (VDHV)
8.1.3 Vibrowave and Foam Treatment (VPV)
8.1.4 Deep Chemical-Wave Reservoir Treatment (GRVP)
8.1.5 Remediation of Troubles When Shutting Off Water and Gas Entries
8.1.6 Coiled Tubing Wave Technologies (KVT)
8.1.7 Tubing and Bottomhole Cleanout Technology
8.1.8 HydroVibroSwabbing Technology
8.1.9 Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Combined with Vibrowave Treatment (HydroVibroFrac)
8.1.10 Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
8.1.11 Integrated Treatment of Water Production Wells
8.2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies Based on Vibroseismic Treatment (VST)
References
9. Laboratory Experiments
9.1 Laboratory Experiments
9.1.1 Oil and Water Saturations of the Porous Medium Exposed to Elastic Waves
9.1.2 Rate of Displacement of Oil by Water and Effect of Elastic Waves on Relative Permeability to Oil
9.1.3 Degassing of Fluids by the Applied Vibro-Energy
9.2 Displacement of Oil by Gas-Free Water in the Presence of Elastic Waves
9.3 Displacement of Oil by CO2-Saturated Water in the Presence of Elastic Waves
9.4 Modeling of Oil Displacement by Water in Clayey Sandstones
References
10. Oil Field Tests
10.1 Abuzy Oil Field
10.2 Changirtash Oil Field
10.3 Jirnovskiy Oil Field, First Stage
10.4 Jirnovskiy Oil Field, Second Stage
References
11. Electrokinetic Enhanced Oil Recovery (EEOR)
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Petroleum Reservoirs, Properties, Reserves, and Recoveries
11.2.1 Petroleum Reservoirs
11.2.2 Porosity
11.2.3 Reservoir Saturations
11.2.4 Initial Reserves
11.2.5 Primary Oil Production and Water Cut
11.3 Relative Permeability and Residual Saturation
11.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.5 Electrokinetically Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.5.1 Historical Background
11.5.2 Geotechnical and Environmental Electrokinetic Applications
11.5.3 Direct Current Electrokinetically Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.6 DCEOR (EEOR) and Energy Storage
11.6.1 Mesoscopic Polarization Model
11.7 Electrochemical Basis for DCEOR
11.7.1 Coupled Flows and Onsager’s Principle
11.7.2 Joule Heating
11.7.3 Electromigration
11.7.4 Electrophoresis
11.7.5 Electroosmosis
11.7.6 Electrochemically Enhanced Reactions
11.7.7 Role of the Helmholtz Double Layer
11.7.7.1 Dissociation of Ionic Salts
11.7.7.2 Silicates
11.7.7.3 Pillosilicates and Clay Minerals
11.7.7.4 Cation Exchange Capacity
11.7.7.5 Electrochemistry of the Double Layer
11.8 DCEOR Field Operations
11.8.1 Three-Dimensional Current Flow Ramifications
11.8.2 Electric Field Mapping
11.8.3 Joule Heating and Energy Loss
11.8.4 Comparison of DC vs. AC Electrical Transmission Power Loss
11.9 DCEOR Field Demonstrations
11.9.1 Santa Maria Basin (California, USA) DCEOR Field Demonstration
11.9.2 Lloydminster Heavy Oil Belt (Alberta, Canada) DCEOR Field Demonstration
11.10 Produced Fluid Changes
11.11 Laboratory Measurements
11.11.1 Electrokinetics and Effective Permeability
11.11.2 Sulfur Sequestration
11.11.3 Carbonate Reservoir Laboratory Tests
11.12 Technology Comparisons
11.12.1 Comparison of DCEOR and Steam Flood Efficiency
11.12.2 Comparison of DCEOR and Steam Flood Costs
11.12.3 Comparison of DCEOR to Other EOR Technologies
11.13 Summary
11.14 Nomenclature
References
Addendum
Nomenclature
Symbols
About the Author
Index
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Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Origin and Migration of Oil
1.1.1 Seismicity
1.1.2 Electrokinetics
1.1.3 Earth Tides
1.1.4 Compaction
1.1.5 Migration in a Gaseous Form
1.2 Seismic Vibration Techniques
1.2.1 Producing Well Experiments
1.2.2 Mechanisms of Interaction of Fluid Flow With the Vibro-Energy in Porous Media
References
2. Wave Spreading Patterns in the Porous Media
2.1 Spread of Vibration in Reservoir
2.2 Effect on the Wave Spread of the Oil Accumulations by the Geologo-Geophysical Conditions
2.3 Wave Spreading From the Vibrating Surface of the Reservoir Matrix Into the Saturated Medium
2.4 Excitation of Vibration in Oil Reservoirs
References
3. Directional Displacement of a Dispersed Phase
3.1 Simplest Models of the Vibrational Directional Displacement
3.2 Physical Mechanisms and Major Types of Asymmetry Causing Vibratory Displacement
3.3 Directed Motion of the Dispersed Phase in Vibrating Pore Channels
3.4 Directional Motion of the Vibrating Dispersed Phase in Pore Channels References
4, Formation Damage Control
4.1 Status of the Reservoir
4.2 Vibration Effect on the Reservoir’s Heat Properties
4.3 Decolmatation of the Near-Bottomhole Zone in the Vibration Field
4.4 Cement Sheath Stability Around a Well in the Vibration Field References
5. Effect of Vibration Mechanism on Improving Oil Yield
5.1 Major Causes of Incomplete Oil Recovery From the Subsurface
5.1.1 Oil Displacement by Miscible Hydrocarbons
5.1.2 Oil Displacement by a High-Pressure Dry Gas
5.1.3 Oil Displacement by an Enriched Gas
5.1.4 Oils Displacement by Liquefied Petroleum Gas
5.1.5 Oil Displacement With Carbon Dioxide
5.1.6 Oil Displacement by Polymer Solutions
5.1.7 Oil Displacement by Micellar Solutions
5.1.8 Thermal Methods
5.1.9 The Vibroseismic Method
5.2 A Study of the Residual Formation Pressure in the Vibration Field
5.3 A Study of the Oil Capillary Displacement in the Vibration Field
5.4 Studies of the Oil and Water Gravity Flow in the Vibration Field
5.4.1 Absolute Permeability Effect
5.4.2 An Effect of Oil Viscosity
5.4.3 The Capillary Pressure Effect
5.4.4 The Oil and Water Phase Permeability Effect
References
6. Vibration Effect on Properties of Saturating Phases in a Reservoir
6.1 Changes in Interfacial Tensions and Rheological Parameters
6.1.1 A Newtonian Liquid
6.1.2 A Viscoplastic Liquid
6.2 Permeability Changes
6.2.1 A Single-Phase Flow
6.2.2 Two-Phase Flow
6.2.3 Three-Phase Flow
6.3 Capillary Pressure Changes
6.4 Interformational Oil Degassing and a Decline in the Formation Water Saturation References
7. Energy Criteria
7.1 Parameters of Oscillatory Treatment and Conditions for Manifestation of Useful Effects in Saturated Geological Media
7.2 Wavelike Nature of the Oil-Saturated Geological Media Stress-Energy Exchange. Elastic Oscillations as an Energy Exchange Indicator and Regulator
7.2.1 Manifestation of Seismoacoustic Radiation in Oil-Saturated Media Exposed to Internal Stress Disturbance and Elastic Oscillation Treatment
7.2.2 Mechanism of Receptive Accumulation of Mechanical Stress Energy in Failing
Oil-Saturated Media
7.3 Justification of Rational Wave Treatment for the Near-Wellbore Zone and Entire Reservoir
7.3.1 Reservoir Treatment With Elastic Oscillations
References
8. Types of Existing Treatments
8.1 Integrated Technologies of the Near-Wellbore Zone Vibrowave Treatment
8.1.1 Downhole Equipment
8.1.2 Integrated Vibrowave, Overbalance/Pressure-Drawdown, and Chemical Treatment (VDHV)
8.1.3 Vibrowave and Foam Treatment (VPV)
8.1.4 Deep Chemical-Wave Reservoir Treatment (GRVP)
8.1.5 Remediation of Troubles When Shutting Off Water and Gas Entries
8.1.6 Coiled Tubing Wave Technologies (KVT)
8.1.7 Tubing and Bottomhole Cleanout Technology
8.1.8 HydroVibroSwabbing Technology
8.1.9 Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Combined with Vibrowave Treatment (HydroVibroFrac)
8.1.10 Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
8.1.11 Integrated Treatment of Water Production Wells
8.2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies Based on Vibroseismic Treatment (VST)
References
9. Laboratory Experiments
9.1 Laboratory Experiments
9.1.1 Oil and Water Saturations of the Porous Medium Exposed to Elastic Waves
9.1.2 Rate of Displacement of Oil by Water and Effect of Elastic Waves on Relative Permeability to Oil
9.1.3 Degassing of Fluids by the Applied Vibro-Energy
9.2 Displacement of Oil by Gas-Free Water in the Presence of Elastic Waves
9.3 Displacement of Oil by CO2-Saturated Water in the Presence of Elastic Waves
9.4 Modeling of Oil Displacement by Water in Clayey Sandstones
References
10. Oil Field Tests
10.1 Abuzy Oil Field
10.2 Changirtash Oil Field
10.3 Jirnovskiy Oil Field, First Stage
10.4 Jirnovskiy Oil Field, Second Stage
References
11. Electrokinetic Enhanced Oil Recovery (EEOR)
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Petroleum Reservoirs, Properties, Reserves, and Recoveries
11.2.1 Petroleum Reservoirs
11.2.2 Porosity
11.2.3 Reservoir Saturations
11.2.4 Initial Reserves
11.2.5 Primary Oil Production and Water Cut
11.3 Relative Permeability and Residual Saturation
11.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.5 Electrokinetically Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.5.1 Historical Background
11.5.2 Geotechnical and Environmental Electrokinetic Applications
11.5.3 Direct Current Electrokinetically Enhanced Oil Recovery
11.6 DCEOR (EEOR) and Energy Storage
11.6.1 Mesoscopic Polarization Model
11.7 Electrochemical Basis for DCEOR
11.7.1 Coupled Flows and Onsager’s Principle
11.7.2 Joule Heating
11.7.3 Electromigration
11.7.4 Electrophoresis
11.7.5 Electroosmosis
11.7.6 Electrochemically Enhanced Reactions
11.7.7 Role of the Helmholtz Double Layer
11.7.7.1 Dissociation of Ionic Salts
11.7.7.2 Silicates
11.7.7.3 Pillosilicates and Clay Minerals
11.7.7.4 Cation Exchange Capacity
11.7.7.5 Electrochemistry of the Double Layer
11.8 DCEOR Field Operations
11.8.1 Three-Dimensional Current Flow Ramifications
11.8.2 Electric Field Mapping
11.8.3 Joule Heating and Energy Loss
11.8.4 Comparison of DC vs. AC Electrical Transmission Power Loss
11.9 DCEOR Field Demonstrations
11.9.1 Santa Maria Basin (California, USA) DCEOR Field Demonstration
11.9.2 Lloydminster Heavy Oil Belt (Alberta, Canada) DCEOR Field Demonstration
11.10 Produced Fluid Changes
11.11 Laboratory Measurements
11.11.1 Electrokinetics and Effective Permeability
11.11.2 Sulfur Sequestration
11.11.3 Carbonate Reservoir Laboratory Tests
11.12 Technology Comparisons
11.12.1 Comparison of DCEOR and Steam Flood Efficiency
11.12.2 Comparison of DCEOR and Steam Flood Costs
11.12.3 Comparison of DCEOR to Other EOR Technologies
11.13 Summary
11.14 Nomenclature
References
Addendum
Nomenclature
Symbols
About the Author
Index
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