Open AccessThe Role of Chemistry of the Oil-Field Water in the Distribution of Reservoir Pressures: A Case Study of Mishrif Reservoir in the Southern Oil-Fields, Iraq
Author(s) -
Heba Al-Mimar,
Salih Muhammad Awadh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ al-buḥūṯ wa-al-dirāsāt al-nafṭiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-1096
pISSN - 2220-5381
DOI - 10.52716/jprs.v9i1.273
Subject(s) - electron microprobe , seawater , geology , oil field , produced water , formation water , water injection (oil production) , drilling fluid , mineralogy , geochemistry , drilling , chemistry , petroleum engineering , oceanography , metallurgy , materials science
Mishrif Formation is the main reservoir in oil-fields (North Rumaila, South Rumaila, Majnoon, Zubair and West Qurna) which located at Basrah southern Iraq. The Inductively coupled plasma-Mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) was used for the water chemistry analysis and Scanning Electron Microprobe (SEM) for the purpose of mineralogy diagnosis. A weak acidic water of salinity six-time greater than seawater plays a role in generating the formation pressure and controlling the fluid flow. The potentiometric subsurface maps were modeled and the direction of super-pressure sites that are of a great importance in the oil exploration were marked to pay attention during future drilling.