Fuentes, el reventón energético

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023): Fuentes, el reventón energético
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INFLUENCE OF STEAM INJECTION OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF HEAVY CRUDES UNDERGOING AQUATHERMOLYSIS REACTIONS

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  • Luis Miguel Salas-Chia,
  • Paola Andrea León Naranjo,
  • Victoria Eugenia Mousalli Diaz,
  • Maika Gambús-Ordaz,
  • Adan Yovani León Bermúdez
Luis Miguel Salas-Chia
Grupo de Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) Carrera 27 Calle 9. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Paola Andrea León Naranjo
Grupo de Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) Carrera 27 Calle 9. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Victoria Eugenia Mousalli Diaz
Grupo de Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) Carrera 27 Calle 9. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Maika Gambús-Ordaz
Grupo de Investigacion en Estabilidad de Pozos, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) Carrera 27 Calle 9. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Adan Yovani León Bermúdez
Grupo de Investigación en Corrosión, Escuela de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). Carrera 27 Calle 9. Bucaramanga, Colombia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v21n1-2023005

Published 2023-06-07

Keywords

  • aquathermolysis,
  • systematic review,
  • experimental test,
  • enhanced oil recovery

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Salas-Chia, L. M., León Naranjo, P. A., Mousalli Diaz, V. E. ., Gambús-Ordaz, M., & León Bermúdez, A. Y. (2023). INFLUENCE OF STEAM INJECTION OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF HEAVY CRUDES UNDERGOING AQUATHERMOLYSIS REACTIONS. Fuentes, El reventón energético, 21(1), 65–81. https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v21n1-2023005
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Abstract

Steam injection has been one of the most widely used thermal enhanced recovery techniques for the exploitation of heavy crudes in oil fields. These processes present physical recovery mechanisms, such as viscosity decrease, as well as chemical ones mainly associated to the occurrence of in-situ reactions. The production of gases such as H2S, CO2 and CO associated with the implementation of steam injection raised the possibility of the occurrence of chemical reactions in the reservoir, which have been the subject of research in recent years. Aquathermolysis is the name given to the reactions that are generated with the interaction of hydrocarbon and water during steam injection processes carried out in temperature ranges from 200 to 300 °C. The current research aims to perform a literature review on aquathermolysis reactions by means of laboratory tests. In order to carry out this study, a systematic review methodology was established, with the purpose of covering a large amount of research found in different databases. As a result, it is possible to find behaviors in the operational parameters used in the laboratory tests, such as the effect of the water/crude ratio, the operating temperature, the residence time and the addition of catalytic agents and minerals.

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