Geochemical Investigation of the Combined Effect of Injecting Low Salinity Water and Carbon Dioxide on Carbonate Reservoirs

Emad W. Al-Shalabi; Kamy Sepehrnoori; Gary Pope

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.800

Geochemical Investigation of the Combined Effect of Injecting Low Salinity Water and Carbon Dioxide on Carbonate Reservoirs

Emad W. Al-Shalabi, Kamy Sepehrnoori, Gary Pope

The University of Texas at Austin

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This paper uses geochemical modeling to investigate the combined effect of low salinity water injection (LSWI) and CO₂ on carbonate oil reservoirs. The geochemical modeling of recently published corefloods was performed using the PHREEQC simulator. Geochemical analysis show that the change in surface charge of carbonates by varying pH is more pronounced using LSWI only than is the combined effect of LSWI and CO₂ injection. The combined effect of LSWI and CO₂ is most prominent on carbonates with high dolomite composition, whereas carbonates with high anhydrite composition are most affected by LSWI only.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	7663-7676
Number of pages	14
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.800
State	Published - 2014
Event	12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT 2014 - Austin, United States Duration: 5 Oct 2014 → 9 Oct 2014

Keywords

Combined effect of LSWI and CO
Geochemical modeling
Low salinity water injection (LSWI)
LSWI and CO in carbonates
Wettability alteration by LSWI

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Geochemical Investigation of the Combined Effect of Injecting Low Salinity Water and Carbon Dioxide on Carbonate Reservoirs

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