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EFFECT OF OPTIMUM SALINITY ON MICROEMULSION FORMATION TO ATTAIN ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION FOR CHEMICAL FLOODING APPLICATION Alli, Yani Faozani; Tobing, Edward ML
Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas Vol 39, No 2 (2016)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29017/SCOG.39.2.103

Microemulsion formation in surfactant solution has a major influence on the success of chemical injection techniques, and is one of the enhanced oil recovery methods. Its transparent and translucent homogenous mixtures of oil and water in the presence of surfactant have an ability to displace the remaining oil in the reservoir by reducing interfacial tension between oil and water. In this study, the effect of surfactant solution salinity on the formation of microemulsion and its mechanism to reduce the interfacial tension between water and oil from “X” oil field in Central Sumatera were carried out through compatibility observation, phase behaviour test and interfacial tension measurements in a laboratory. The results showed that microemulsion formation depends on the salinity of aqueous phase associated with different surfactant solubility by altering the polar area of surfactant. The optimum salinity was obtained with the addition of 0.65% Na2CO3 in which microemulsion was formed and the solubilization ratio of oil and water were equally high. At this condition the ultralow interfacial tension was around 10-3 dyne/cm and enabled improved oil recovery in mature oil fields after waterflooding

CO-SURFACTANT POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MONO-OLEATE IN THE ORMULATION OF NATURAL BASED-SURFACTANT FOR CHEMICAL EOR (SURFAKTAN PENDAMPING POLIETILEN GLIKOL MONO-OLEAT PADA FORMULASI SURFAKTAN BERBASIS NABATI UNTUK INJEKSI KIMIA EOR) Alli, Yani Faozani; Brioletty, Letty; Eni, Hestuti; Irawan, Yan
Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas Vol 40, No 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29017/SCOG.51.1.33

Natural-based surfactant such as methyl esther sulfonate, which is derived from palm oil, has increasingly become the focus of study for the last decade to improve oil recovery due to the abundant raw materials availability and the need for oil as a source of energy. Surfactant MES development with the targeted fluid reservoir characteristic has been conducted in the laboratory scale as well as in the field scale. In this study, the addition of polyethylene glycol mono-oleate as co-surfactant to enhanced oil recovery in the “L” oil field in Central Java was investigated in the laboratory scale through compatibility observation, IFT measurement, thermal stability and core flooding tests. The results showed that the presence of PMO improved the solubility of surfactant mixture in the water which formed one phase milky solution. Decreasing IFT as the crucial factor for surfactant flooding was also achieved until 10-3 dyne/cm and thermally stable for two months. Furthermore, core flooding experiments to study the performance of surfactant to recover oil production showed that the mixture of MES and PMO are able to enhance oil recovery until 55.35% Sor and have potential to be used as chemicals for chemical flooding in the targeted oil field. Surfaktan berbasis nabati seperti surfaktan metil ester sulfonat (MES) dari bahan minyak kelapa sawit telah menjadi fokus penelitian selama satu dekade terakhir untuk meningkatkan perolehan minyak, mengingat ketersediaan bahan baku kelapa sawit yang melimpah di Indonesia serta kebutuhan akan minyak sebagai sumber energi yang terus meningkat. Pengembangan surfaktan MES agar sesuai dengan karakteristik fluida reservoar lapangan target juga telah berhasil dilakukan dalam skala laboratorium dan skala lapangan. Pada penelitian ini, pengaruh penambahan surfaktan pendamping polietilen glikol mono-oleat (PMO) untuk meningkatkan kemampuan surfaktan dalam meningkatkan produksi minyak pada lapangan “L” di Jawa Tengah dalam skala laboratorium dilakukan melalui uji kompatibilitas, ujitegangan antarmuka (IFT), uji kestabilan termal dan uji core flooding. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penambahan PMO sebagai surfaktan pendamping MES dapat meningkatkan kelarutan surfaktan di dalam air formasi terkait dengan keberadaan gugus etoksi yang mempunyai sifat antarmuka di dalam struktur molekul PMO. Penurunan IFT sebagai faktor penentu dalam injeksi surfaktan juga dapat dicapai hingga 10-3 dyne/cm, dan dapat bertahan hingga dua bulan pada suhu reservoar. Adapun pengujian kemampuan surfaktan dalam meningkatkan perolehan minyak melalui uji core flooding menunjukkan bahwa campuran surfaktan MES dan PMO dapat meningkatkan produksi minyak hingga 55.35% Sor dan berpotensi untuk dijadikan bahan injeksi kimia di lapangan target.

THE EFFECT OF ANIONIC AND NONIONIC CO-SURFACTANT FOR IMPROVING SOLUBILITY OF POLYOXY-BASED SURFACTANT FOR CHEMICAL FLOODING Alli, Yani Faozani; Damayandri, Dadan; Irawan, Yan
Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas Vol 40, No 3 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29017/SCOG.51.3.49

Surfactant is one of the crucial components for chemical flooding to recover oil production in the tertiary stage of the low primary and secondary recovery oil field. The mechanism is performed by decreasing the interfacial tension of oil and water which enhancing microscopic displacement efficiency. The present study showed the effect of commercial nonionic and anionic co-surfactant Tergitol, Teepol, Merpol, and SDS on the solubility of polyoxy based-surfactant (POS) through compatibility analysis, fi ltration ratio analysis, and IFT measurement. Whereas the presence of Teepol and Merpol did not change the original compatibility of POS in all concentrations, the addition of co-surfactant Tergitol and SDS were able to alter the solubility of POS from milky solution into a clear transparent solution. However, the most important characteristic of surfactant for reducing the IFT of oil-water was affected by the addition of co-surfactant which does not have sufficient IFT to release the trapped oil in the reservoir. Thus, exposing the mixture of surfactant and co-surfactant for a few days at the reservoir temperature has changed the visual appearance of solution from a clear transparent solution into a milky suspension, indicating the occurrence of thermal degradation. These results suggest that the addition of anionic and nonionic co-surfactant improved the solubility of POS, but increased the IFT. It can be concluded that the compatibility of POS in the brine can then be achieved by mixing it with suitable co-surfactant. Screening the other co-surfactant is required to obtain the one that enhances the compatibility as well as maintaining the ultralow IFT of POS.

MICROEMULSION FLOODING MECHANISM FOR OPTIMUM OIL RECOVERY ON CHEMICAL INJECTION Alli, Yani Faozani; Tobing, Edward ML; Usman, Usman
Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas Vol 40, No 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29017/SCOG.51.2.43

The formation of microemulsion in the injection of surfactant at chemical flooding is crucial for the effectiveness of injection. Microemulsion can be obtained either by mixing the surfactant and oil at the surface or injecting surfactant into the reservoir to form in situ microemulsion. Its translucent homogeneous mixtures of oil and water in the presence of surfactant is believed to displace the remaining oil in the reservoir. Previously, we showed the effect of microemulsion-based surfactant formulation to reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) of oil and water to the ultralow level that suffi cient enough to overcome the capillary pressure in the pore throat and mobilize the residual oil. However, the effectiveness of microemulsion flooding to enhance the oil recovery in the targeted representative core has not been investigated.In this article, the performance of microemulsion-based surfactant formulation to improve the oil recovery in the reservoir condition was investigated in the laboratory scale through the core flooding experiment. Microemulsion-based formulation consist of 2% surfactant A and 0.85% of alkaline sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) were prepared by mixing with synthetic soften brine (SSB) in the presence of various concentration of polymer for improving the mobility control. The viscosity of surfactant-polymer in the presence of alkaline (ASP) and polymer drive that used for chemical injection slug were measured. The tertiary oil recovery experiment was carried out using core flooding apparatus to study the ability of microemulsion-based formulation to recover the oil production. The results showed that polymer at 2200 ppm in the ASP mixtures can generate 12.16 cP solution which is twice higher than the oil viscosity to prevent the fi ngering occurrence. Whereas single polymer drive at 1300 ppm was able to produce 15.15 cP polymer solution due to the absence of alkaline. Core flooding experiment result with design injection of 0.15 PV ASP followed by 1.5 PV polymer showed that the additional oil recovery after waterflood can be obtained as high as 93.41% of remaining oil saturation after waterflood (Sor), or 57.71% of initial oil saturation (Soi). Those results conclude that the microemulsion-based surfactant flooding is the most effective mechanism to achieve the optimum oil recovery in the targeted reservoir.

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