Fuentes, el reventón energético

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2017): Fuentes, el reventón energético
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Formation damage prediction due to accumulation of CaCO3 during constant brine flow in porous media

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  • Alvaro Villar García,
  • Luis Felipe Carrillo Moreno,
  • Jhon Harvey Carreño Hernandez,
  • John Jairo Rodriguez Molina
Alvaro Villar García
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
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Luis Felipe Carrillo Moreno
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
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Jhon Harvey Carreño Hernandez
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
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John Jairo Rodriguez Molina
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v15n1-2017005

Published 2017-06-01

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Villar García, A., Carrillo Moreno, L. F., Carreño Hernandez, J. H., & Rodriguez Molina, J. J. (2017). Formation damage prediction due to accumulation of CaCO3 during constant brine flow in porous media. Fuentes, El reventón energético, 15(1), 49–57. https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v15n1-2017005

Abstract

An experimental methodology was designed for recreate the CaCO3 continuous deposition in a porous media, displacing synthetic brines made of a typical composition of Colombian Field’s formation water, in known permeability Berea Plugs at different temperatures and different flow rates. The factorial experimental design used allowed to correlate thermodynamic parameters (represented by concentration of Ca++ and temperature) and hydrodynamic (represented by injection rate) during the entire displacement tests of brine in rock, in which the permeability reduction was thoroughly monitored, reaching values up to 90%. The proposed correlation in this study was developed with the aid of statistic software, which allows predicting the permeability reduction percentage due to CaCO3 scales, with an 85% data adjustment. This correlation was validated through another set of experimental tests, using several flow rates (1-3 cm3 / min), several temperatures (150-250 F) and different concentration of Ca++ ion in the synthetic brines (250-750 ppm).

Keywords: Formation Damage, Flow Assurance, Accumulation, Porous Media, CaCO3, Correlation.

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