Yiqiang Li
Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing

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An Experimental Investigation the Optimum of Salinity and Ph of Sea-Water to Improve Oil Recovery from Sandstone Reservoir as A Secondary Recovery Process Madi Abdullah Naser; Mohammed A Samba; Yiqiang Li
Journal of Petroleum and Geothermal Technology Vol 1, No 2 (2020): November
Publisher : Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31315/jpgt.v1i2.3810

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Laboratory tests and field applications shows that the salinity of water flooding could lead to significant reduction of residual oil saturation. There has been a growing interest with an increasing number of low-salinity water flooding studies. However, there are few quantitative studies on seawater composition change and it impact on increasing or improving oil recovery.  This study was conducted to investigate only two parameters of the seawater (Salinity and pH) to check their impact on oil recovery, and what is the optimum amount of salinity and ph that we can use to get the maximum oil recovery.  Several core flooding experiments were conducted using sandstone by inject seawater (high, low salinity and different pH). The results of this study has been shown that the oil recovery increases as the injected water salinity down to 6500 ppm and when the pH is around 7. This increase has been found to be supported by an increase in the permeability. We also noticed that the impact of ph on oil recovery is low when the pH is less than 7.
Comparison of Different Gases Injection Techniques for Better Oil Productivity Mohammed Samba; Yiqiang Li; Madi Abdullah Naser; Mahmoud O Elsharafi
Journal of Petroleum and Geothermal Technology Vol 2, No 1 (2021): May
Publisher : Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31315/jpgt.v2i1.4009

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There are many known enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods and every method has its criteria to use it. Some of those methods are gas injection such as CO2 injection, N2 and hydrocarbon gas injection. Where the CO2 has been the largest contributor to global EOR. Gas injection can be classified into two main types; continues gas injection (CGI) and water alternating gas injection (WAG). The objective of this research is to propose initial gases injection plan of the X field to maximize the total oil recovery. The feasibility study of different gases to maintain pressure and optimize oil recovery have been examined on a simple mechanistic reservoir model of considerably depleted saturated oil reservoir. In order to maximize the total oil recovery, the simulation study was conducted on 3-phase compositional simulation model. For more optimization, a sensitivity study was conducted on the injection cycling and component ratios. A sensitivity study was also conducted on the following parameters to study their effects on the overall field’s recovery such as flow rate and bottom-hole pressure. Results obtained in this paper shows that, the WAG CO2 injection was found to be significantly more efficient than different gas injection and continues gas injection. The oil recovery depends not only on the fluid-to-fluid displacement but also on the compositional phase behavior.