Open AccessEvaluation of selected salts for potential application for optimized salinity water flooding in Niger Delta crude oil-rock systems: A laboratory approach
Author(s) -
David Alaigba,
David O. Onaiwu,
Olalekan Olafuyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2467-8821
pISSN - 0331-8443
DOI - 10.4314/njt.v40i3.7
Subject(s) - niger delta , brine , salinity , crude oil , petroleum engineering , water flooding , flooding (psychology) , oil field , environmental science , formation water , geology , delta , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , engineering , oceanography , psychology , organic chemistry , psychotherapist , aerospace engineering
This work has assessed the comparative performance of four salts (NaCl, K2SO4, CaCl2, and MgSO4) in the optimized salinity water flooding mode. This was done by carrying out core flooding tests using crude oil, brines and cores sourced from a Niger Delta field. Inter-facial Tension tests were also performed on each crude brine system to understand the specific role of fluid-fluid interaction. The results obtained from the study are quite interesting as additional recovery ranging from 5–26% were obtained in the secondary and tertiary mode.