Description
Formation Damage during Improved Oil Recovery: Fundamentals and Applications bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and field practice by presenting information on formation damage issues that arise during enhanced oil recovery. Multi-contributed technical chapters include sections on modeling and simulation, lab experiments, field case studies, and newly proposed technologies and methods that are related to formation damage during secondary and tertiary recovery processes in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Focusing on both the fundamental theories related to EOR and formation damage, this reference helps engineers formulate integrated and systematic designs for applying EOR processes while also considering formation damage issues.- Presents the first complete reference addressing formation damage as a result of enhanced oil recovery- Provides the mechanisms for formation damage issues that are coupled with EOR- Suggests appropriate preventative actions or responses- Delivers a structured approach on how to understand the fundamental theories, practical challenges and solutions
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Formation Damage during Improved and Enhanced Oil Recovery2. Low-Salinity Water Flooding: from Novel to Mature Technology3. Formation Damage by Fines Migration: Mathematical and Laboratory Modelling, Field Cases4. Using Nanofluids to Control Fines Migration in Porous Systems5. Formation Damage by Inorganic Deposition6. Formation Damage by Organic Deposition7. Formation Damage during Chemical Flooding8. Formation Damage Problems associated with CO2 Flooding9. Formation Damage by Thermal Methods Applied to Heavy Oil Reservoirs10. Formation Damage Issues in Unconventional Reservoirs11. Formation Damage Problems in Offshore and Deepwater Reservoirs12. Formation Damage Challenges in Geothermal Reservoirs13. Formation Damage in Coalbed Methane Recovery14. Special Focus on Produced Water in Oil and Gas Fields: Origin, Management and Re-Injection Practice15. Integrated Risks Assessment and Management of IOR/EOR projects: A Formation Damage View
