Open AccessSteam injection in porous media: Case study WadiRajil, Jordan
Author(s) -
Mehaysen Al-Mahasneh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jordanian journal of engineering and chemical industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-720X
pISSN - 2616-9584
DOI - 10.48103/jjeci372020
Subject(s) - steam injection , petroleum engineering , asphalt , water injection (oil production) , environmental science , waste management , materials science , geology , engineering , composite material
Hot fluid injection, the preferred method used in the recovery of heavy oil and in various mechanismssuch as steam drive, cyclic steam injection, steam stimulation, has become the industrial method forincreasing recovery. These methods were used to promote heavy oil recovery by reducing theviscosity of asphalt and heavy oil and increasing the mobility of oil in reservoirs. The experimental testwas carried out on a core sample obtained from the Ghareb Formation in the Wadi-Rajil area usingcold water, hot water, and steam injection. The maximum recovery of oil in the sample using cold andhot water was 9.75% and 27.3 % respectively. On the other hand, the recovery of oil using steaminjection was 42.5%. Thus, steam injection yielded more oil than cold and hot water injections in thisexperiment; the steam injection influx rate was approximately 15 mL/min. The total oil recovery of thesample using these three mechanisms was around 80%. The steam injection can, thus, be considereda promising thermal recovery method for asphalt and heavy oil in the Wadi-Rajil area.