Affiliation:
1. Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
Abstract
Low-salinity surfactant nanofluids have recently shown promising results in the wettability alteration of reservoir rocks from oil-wet state towards more water-wet state. However, the investigation of pore-level interactions of nanofluids injection in real oil carbonate rocks at reservoir conditions, which determines the overall fluid dynamics, is lacking. Therefore, in this work, we studied the effect of nanoparticles augmented low-salinity surfactant flooding on the wettability alteration of hydrophobic carbonate rocks with harsh reservoir conditions via X-ray micro-tomography. The designed experiment scheme involved core flooding with an X-ray transparent core-holder developed for studying the flow properties of fluids at the micro level (pore scale). The wettability was quantified by measuring the differences in contact angles after the injection of low salinity, low-salinity surfactant, and low-salinity surfactant nanofluid. The findings illustrate that surfactant flooding with silica nanoparticles had a more pronounced influence on the contact angle among other injected fluids. The contact angle of the rock fell from 144° to 49°, corresponding to the water-wet conditions of carbonate rocks. The results show that the addition of a low concentration (0.005 wt.%) of SiO2 nanoparticles was enough for wettability changes in oil carbonate rocks. This study illustrates that a combination of surfactant, low-salinity, and nanoparticle features has a more pronounced effect on the three-phase contact angle than if applied separately.
Funder
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Subject
Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction
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