Simplified alternative to model the kinetics of an in-situ combustion process

Alberto Raúl Pinzón Diaz,
Yohan Harley Pabón Acevedo,
Jorge Mario Padilla Reyes,
Samuel Fernando Muñoz Navarro

Alberto Raúl Pinzón Diaz
Grupo de Investigación Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander,

Yohan Harley Pabón Acevedo
Grupo de Investigación Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander

Jorge Mario Padilla Reyes
Ecopetrol S.A.

Samuel Fernando Muñoz Navarro
Grupo de Investigación Recobro Mejorado, Escuela de Ingeniería de Petróleos, Universidad Industrial de Santander

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v16n2-2018009

Published 2018-12-20

Keywords

In situ combustion, kinetics, numerical simulation, heavy oil, combustion tube test, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), improved oil recovery (IOR).

How to Cite

Pinzón Diaz A. R., Pabón Acevedo Y. H., Padilla Reyes, J. M., & Muñoz Navarro S. F. (2018). Simplified alternative to model the kinetics of an in-situ combustion process. Fuentes, El reventón energético, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.18273/revfue.v16n2-2018009

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Abstract

In situ combustion (ISC) is an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique with great potential for application in heavy and extra-heavy oil fields; however, its implementation has been limited due to the high degree of uncertainty associated with its development at the field scale. Considering the level of complexity of the ISC process compared to other EOR / IOR techniques, to evaluate the technical feasibility of ISC in a specific reservoir will take far more complex screening methods and laboratory testing. Among the tests required to evaluate ISC include the kinetic cell tests, which are aimed at determining the oxidative behavior of the rock-fluid system under study, and in turn, allow obtaining a kinetic model that represents, by means of numerical modeling, the performance of the ISC process obtained experimentally in combustion tube tests. Based on the above, in the present work, the results obtained from the adjustment of a combustion tube test were compared using the Arrhenius and non- Arrhenius methodologies, evidencing significant differences in the computation time and in the residual oil saturation values in the porous medium after the implementation of the ISC process.

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