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Improved empirical relations for estimating original oil in place recovered during microbial enhanced oil recovery under varied salinity conditions
Published in Taylor and Francis Inc.
2017
Volume: 35
   
Issue: 21
Pages: 2036 - 2043
Abstract

During microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) processes, the interaction between injection water (IW) and formation water (FW) salinity causes in-situ salinity variation which affects the final oil recovery. The present study explicitly quantifies the Original Oil in Place (OOIP) recovered for different IW and FW salinity conditions through numerical simulation. Based on simulation results, user-friendly empirical correlations were deduced to quickly estimate the OOIP. The results suggest that the OOIP increases drastically in all reservoirs with any initial FW salinity as the adopted salinity of IW is lowered. The study would serve as a tool for making reservoir management decisions. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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JournalData powered by TypesetPetroleum Science and Technology
PublisherData powered by TypesetTaylor and Francis Inc.
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Concepts (14)
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    Models
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    Oil well flooding
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    Porous materials
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    RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
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    Water injection
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    Empirical correlations
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    Empirical relations
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    INJECTION WATER
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    MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES
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    MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (MEOR)
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    ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES
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    Salinity
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    SALINITY VARIATIONS
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    Enhanced recovery