Modelling Low-Salinity Water Flooding as a Tertiary Oil Recovery Technique. (26th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Olabode, Oluwasanmi; Alaigba, David; Oramabo, Daniel; Bamigboye, Oreofeoluwa
• Other Names: Bruzzone Agostino Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Modelling and simulation in engineering. Volume 2020(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-10-26
• Subjects: Engineering -- Simulation methods -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; 620.004
• DOI: 10.1155/2020/6485826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-5591

Abstract

Abstract : In this project, low-salinity water flooding has been modeled on ECLIPSE black oil simulator in three cases for a total field production life of twenty-five years. In the first case, low-salinity water flooding starts fifteen years after secondary water flooding. For the second case, low-salinity water flooding starts five years after secondary water flooding and runs till the end of the field production life. For the third case, low-salinity water flooding starts five years after secondary water flooding, but low-salinity water flooding is injected in measured pore volumes for a short period of time; then, high-salinity water flooding was resumed till the end of the field production life. This was done to measure the effect of low-salinity water flooding as slug injection. From the three cases presented, oil recovery efficiency, field oil production rate, and field water cut were observed. Increased percentages of 22.66%, 35.12%, and 26.77% were observed in the three cases, respectively.