Lab simulation of profile modification and enhanced oil recovery with a quaternary ammonium cationic polymer

Ru Qiao; Rui Zhang; Weiqun Zhu; Peijun Gong

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.18, No.1, 111-115, January, 2012

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2011.11.092 Export Citation

Lab simulation of profile modification and enhanced oil recovery with a quaternary ammonium cationic polymer

Ru Qiao^†, Rui Zhang¹, Weiqun Zhu^{2, †}, and Peijun Gong

College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
¹Shandong Key Lab of Edible Fungi Technology, Institute of Life Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
²School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

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Long-term water flooding in oilfield exploitation generally results in a marked increase of interlayer and/or inner-layer heterogeneity of oil reservoirs and premature polymer production in large quantities from flooding reservoirs. This paper presents a novel quaternary ammonium cationic polymer (NCP), which was prepared by using maize starch and (2,3-epoxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride as raw materials. The effect of NCP on water plugging and profile modificaton after polymer HPAM (partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide) flooding was evaluated by laboratory simulation tests of enhanced oil recovery. The experimental results indicate that crosslinking gel system formed after HPAM-NCP alternate injection could effectively seal off the high permeability zone to force the successive liquid to flow to mid-low permeability zones and get profile control in depth. In addition, the contact angle measurements reveal that the adsorption of NCP on the montmorillonite changed its surface wettability and enhanced its hydrophilicity, which promoted enhance oil recovery significantly.

Keywords:Cationic polymer;Gel phase;Simulation test;Profile control;Wettability

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[Referenced By]

[1] Jiang Z, Zhang X, Jiang Y, Yan X, Oil Gas Recovery Technol., 5, 20 (1998)

[2] Han DK, Yang CZ, Zhang ZQ, Lou ZH, Chang YI, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 22, 181 (1999)

[3] Maxcy TA, Willhite GP, Green DW, James KB, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 19, 253 (1998)

[4] Daripa P, Pasa G, Int. J. Eng. Sci., 42, 2029 (2004)

[5] Hou J, Li Z, Cao X, Song X, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 68, 29 (2009)

[6] Tian GL, Zheng DW, Yu DS, Oilfield Chem., 11, 55 (1994)

[7] Qiao R, Zhu W, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 16(2), 278 (2010)

[8] Moradi-Araghi A, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 26, 1 (2000)

[9] Al-Muntasheri GA, Hussein IA, Nasr-El-Din HA, Amin MB, J. Petrol. Sci. Eng., 55, 56 (2007)

[10] Bryant SL, Borghi GP, Bartosek M, Lockhart TP, Paper SPE 37244 presented at the SPE international symposium on oilfield chemistry, Houston, TX, February, 18 (1997)

[11] Bartosek M, Mennella A, Lockhart TP, Causin E, Rossi E, Passucci C, Paper SPE/DOE 27828 presented at the SPE/DOE ninth symposium on improved oil recovery, Tulsa, OK, April, 17 (1994)

[12] Wang W, Liu Y, Gu Y, Colloid Polym. Sci., 281, 1046 (2003)

[13] Jeon YS, Lei J, Kim JH, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 14(6), 726 (2008)

[14] Chang YW, Eom JP, Kim JG, Kim HT, Kim DK, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 16(2), 256 (2010)

[15] Emesih GC, Moreira RG, Barrufet MA, Appl. Eng. Agric., 15, 237 (1999)

[16] Bi ZC, Yu JY, Chin. Sci. Bull., 45, 1721 (2000)

[17] Karabakal U, Bagci S, Energy Fuels, 18(2), 438 (2004)

[18] Gao ML, Li Q, Wang JS, Xu HJ, Oilfield Chem., 20, 70 (2003)

[19] Tang XY, Zhou YB, Xu YX, Zhao Q, Zhou XA, Lu J, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 85(8), 1084 (2010)

[20] Yang BW, Chang Q, Sep. Purif. Technol., 60(3), 335 (2008)