Fadairo, A. S. A. and Falode, O. (2009) Predicting tool for sulphate scale build-up around the wellbore in oilfield. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2 (4). ISSN 1753-3309 Online ISSN: 1753-3317
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Abstract
Formation and deposition of scale in porous media due to extensive use of seawater for oil displacement and pressure maintenance is a problem that results in production decline and loss of billions of dollars to the petroleum industry yearly. A variety of models are presently being used in the oil industry for predicting scaling tendency and average scales precipitation inside the reservoir. These models assumed that all the occurring scale precipitation would cause formation damage near the wellbore region however, only a fraction of the precipitated scales escape through the pore spaces to render havoc to flow in the production string. This paper presents a new model based on existing thermodynamic models for predicting barium and strontium sulphate scale build-up rate around an oil production well during water flooding while accounting only for the fraction resulting into formation damage. The key operational and reservoir parameter which influence the magnitude of impairment by scale deposition are identified through the derivation of an analytical expression for the rate of scale build-up, assuming idealised flow conditions. The model is capable of predicting scale build-up rate and fraction of scale deposited in pore spaces at a particular radial distance from a wellbore during water injection.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | modelling, oilfield scale, saturation, wellbore, permeability, porosity, water flooding, scale precipitation, scaling tendency, predictive tool, oil fields, sulphate scale build-up, seawater, petroleum industry, thermodynamics, oil production wells, pore spaces, water injection |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2019 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2019 11:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12618 |
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