Effects of salinity and slug size in miscible CO2 water-alternating-gas core flooding experiments

Si Le Van; Bo Hyun Chon

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.52, 99-107, August, 2017

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.03.030 Export Citation

Effects of salinity and slug size in miscible CO2 water-alternating-gas core flooding experiments

Si Le Van, and Bo Hyun Chon^†

Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Nam-gu, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea

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This experimental study focuses on the variation of the salinity and the injected volume of individual WAG miscible flooding scheme for the improvement of oil recovery. In total, three slug sizes and five salinities were investigated in WAG flooding cycles and the recovered oil was measured accordingly. A response surface function was introduced for the purposes of estimating the available design and finally optimizing the variables. The experimental results indicated the unstable performances of oil recovery to the variations in the design parameters, confirmed the dependence of the oil production on a nonlinear function of the salinity and injected volume.

Keywords:CO2 flooding;Salinity;Slug size;Water alternating gas;Enhanced oil recovery

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