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SESSION: EnergyWedAM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Wed Oct, 25 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Sonja Stefanov; William Jacoby; Session Monitor: TBA

12:30: [EnergyWedAM04] Keynote
Investigation of Carbonated Water Injection in an Oil Reservoir to Enhance Oil Recovery
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran);
Paper Id: 13 [Abstract]

In this paper, according to actual condition of an oil field, a new enhanced oil recovery method called carbonated water injection (CWI) was designed and tested for this oil field. In carbonated water, CO2 exists as a dissolved phase as opposed to a free phase, eliminating the problems of gravity segregation and poor sweep efficiency, which are characteristics of a typical CO2 injection project. In fact, both viscosity and density of water increase as a result of the dissolution of CO2 in water. Recovery efficiency of this EOR method was tested experimentally using several cores of this sandstone reservoir. Reservoir rock and fluid properties changing during this process were investigated. For this purpose, a set of experimental tests based on core flooding tests on sandstones were designed. The results show that carbonated water injection (CWI), compared to conventional water injection, improves oil recovery in both secondary (pre-water flood) and tertiary (post-water flood) injection modes.

SESSION: EnergyWedPM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Wed Oct, 25 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Abdollah Esmaeili; Session Monitor: TBA

14:30: [EnergyWedPM05]
Increasing Efficiency of Gas Injection into Gas Cap of a Sandstone Oil Reservoir to Improve Oil Recovery
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran);
Paper Id: 14 [Abstract]

In this paper, according to actual condition of this oil field, we will investigate about gas injection to find an optimized gas injection process for this oil field. Recovery efficiency of this EOR method will be tested experimentally using several cores of this sandstone reservoir. Reservoir rock and fluid properties changing during this process will be investigated. For this purpose, a set of experimental tests based on core flooding tests on sandstones will be designed. Totally, this research will be done in two sections. In phase 1, called problem statement, we will try to get enough data and information about this field to know the problems in this field related to this research topic. In phase 2, called finding solution methods, solution methods for solving these problems will be investigated.

SESSION: EnergyWedAM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Wed Oct, 25 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Sonja Stefanov; William Jacoby; Session Monitor: TBA

15:00: [EnergyWedAM06]
Experimental Investigation of Different Immiscible Water Alternating Gas (IWAG) Schemes towards Optimization of Displacement Efficiency
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; Mohammad Abdalla Ayoub² ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran); ²Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia, Malaysia;
Paper Id: 15 [Abstract]

The world continues to rely heavily on hydrocarbon resources for energy. While the demand for these resources is steadily rising, the discovery of new reserves is becoming more challenging. Therefore new ways of enhancing recovery from matured and producing reservoirs must be found in order to recover more oil from these reservoirs. Recently, there has been greater interest in enhanced oil recovery techniques that can improve overall recovery by increasing both the displacement efficiency and the sweep efficiency. This study seeks to investigate, at laboratory conditions, the improvement in ultimate oil recovery when immiscible water alternating gas (IWAG) injection is use as an enhanced recovery method. Synthetic brine simulating formation water from offshore Malaysia will be prepared and three WAG injection tests each proceeded by either water or gas injection will be carried out on three sandstone core plugs in the laboratory. The expected results from this project will show the amount of additional recovery of original oil in place (OOIP) using IWAG injection after secondary water or gas injection.

SESSION: EnergyWedAM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Wed Oct, 25 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Sonja Stefanov; William Jacoby; Session Monitor: TBA

15:30: [EnergyWedAM07]
Polymer Gel Design, Production And Injection Into Oil Producing Interval Of A Sandstone Reservoir To Prevent Excess Water Production
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran);
Paper Id: 16 [Abstract]

In this research, according to actual condition of this oil field, a suitable polymer will be designed and built, then, its optimum composition with least amount of additives, best thermal resistance property, resistant to salt and acid and long life time will be determined using rheological tests as a standard method to specify polymer gel properties. Finally, performance of this optimized polymer gel will tested experimentally using several cores of this sandstone reservoir. Rheological properties of polymer gel and its relationship to reservoir rock permeability will be investigated. For this purpose, a set of experimental tests based on rheological, swelling and core flooding tests on sandstones will be designed. So, by deriving mathematical relationships, effect of concentration and type of polymer and ratio of networking factor concentration to polymer on total visco-elastic properties and three dimensional network parameters of polymer gel will be stated.

SESSION: EnergyWedAM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Wed Oct, 25 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Sonja Stefanov; William Jacoby; Session Monitor: TBA

16:00: [EnergyWedAM08]
Proposing New Technological Solutions for Produced Water Management in an Oil Field
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran);
Paper Id: 17 [Abstract]

In this research, according to actual condition of this oil field, technical produced water management methods will be designed and tested for this oil field. These methods will be tested experimentally using several cores of this sandstone reservoir. Reservoir rock and fluid properties changing during this process will be investigated. For this purpose, a set of experimental tests based on produced water tests on sandstones will be designed. Totally, this research will be done in two sections. In phase 1, called problem statement, we will try to get enough data and information about this field to know the problems in this field related to this research topic. In phase 2, called finding solution methods, solution methods for solving these problems will be investigated.

SESSION: EnergyThuAM-R2	Dodds International Symposium on Sustainable Energy Production (4th Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Energy Production: Fossil; Renewables; Nuclear; Waste handling , processing, and storage for all energy production technologies; Energy conservation)
Thu Oct, 26 2017	Room: Peninsula 3
Session Chairs: Abdollah Esmaeili; Session Monitor: TBA

11:00: [EnergyThuAM01]
Scale up Heterogeneity and Recovery Performance from Core to Field Scale for an Oil Sandstone Reservoir
Abdollah Esmaeili¹ ; ¹National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Omiodieh, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran);
Paper Id: 18 [Abstract]

In this research, according to actual condition of this oil field, we will study this reservoir behavior and try to find a relationship between reservoir properties in scales with other scales. Heterogeneity and Recovery efficiency will be tested experimentally using several cores of this sandstone reservoir. Reservoir rock and fluid properties changing during this process will be investigated. For this purpose, a set of experimental tests based on core flooding tests on sandstone's will be designed. Totally, this research will be done in two sections. In phase 1, called problem statement, we will try to get enough data and information about this field to know the problems in this field related to this research topic. In phase 2, called finding solution methods, solution methods for solving these problems will be investigated.