For fault-controlled fractured-vuggy reservoirs, the development characteristics of bottom water flooding and gas injection under multi-well conditions must be clarified due to structural complexity. To address this issue, we designed manufactured physical experimental models based on geological model Tarim Oilfield conducted experiments. The results demonstrate significant variations in differ...

Microscopic oil displacement of water flooding and sweep efficiency of continuous gas injection could be improved by water alternating gas (WAG) injection. The WAG injection process aims to squeeze more oil out of the reservoirs; in this method, water and gas are alternatively injected into the reservoir. Also, availability of hydrocarbon or CO2 gases in the field makes it attractive for gas-ba...

The heating capacity and coefficient of performance (COP) of conventional air-source heat pumps decreases towards lower ambient temperatures. In addition, high discharge temperature at the compressor discharge might limit the operation of the heat pump at very low ambient temperatures. Oil injected into the compression chamber at the beginning of the compression process can absorb part of the h...

Intraperitoneal injection of trace amounts of corn oil prior to and following the injection of 40-50 mg of tissue from hepatoma 7777 or 7800 into the thigh of adult male Buffalo rats resulted in a marked decrease in the growth rate of both tumors. Exhaustive extraction of the corn oil with water indicated that the active component was not water soluble. Similar injections of safflower oil or is...

Nanotechnology has the potential to introduce revolutionary changes to several areas of oil and gas industry such as exploration, production, enhanced oil recovery, and refining. In this paper, the effect of different concentrations of Fe2O3 nanoparticles as a catalyst on the heavy oil viscosity at various temperatures is studied. Furthermore, the effect of a mixture of Fe2O3 nanoparticles and ...

hydraulic conductivity variations around the boreholes in uniformly graded sands for cyclic water injection pressure have been evaluated by laboratory tests. prototype laboratory devices have been designed and constructed for this research. the cell has a capability to model the well, the boundary condition and to measure the hydraulic conductivity. while increasing water injection pressure, hy...

This paper mainly provides the well and layer selection method of fracturing displacement. It solves problem insufficient formation energy lack forming effective communication between oil water wells, resulting in poor injection capacity thin-and-poor layers, production capacity, deficit seepage capacity. The research includes following two parts. (1) Target wells were optimized by selecting th...

Shale gas and oil are significant unconventional energy resources in the United States. Because of their low porosity and permeability, as well as the complex pore systems in organic rich shale formations, their petrophysical properties are not fully understood. Further, it is well known that wettability influences many aspects of reservoir characteristics, especially hydrocarbon storage and re...

co2 injection is an effective technique for improved oil recovery in light oil reservoirs, especially for water flooding abandoned reservoirs. in this study, the lower part of es1 reservoirs in pucheng oilfield was introduced as the target reservoir. by studying the minimum miscible pressure in co2 flooding, the reservoir could achieve miscible flooding. long core displacement experiments prove...

The combined well pattern has been widely used in reservoir development, with a common being horizontal the center for oil production and multiple vertical wells around water injection. For this type of pattern, determining is affected by which injection wells, especially when injecting breaks through, accurately direction inflow will provide an important basis targeted measures. Based on perfo...