Emulsion stability prediction tool

Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences

Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ejpe.2023.04.001

Nor H. Halim, Sai R. Panuganti, Sanjay Misra , Jamal M.B.M. Ibrahim

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Produced fluids from oil field often contain emulsions which are a major challenge in the Petroleum Industry. Emulsion stability determines the ease with which oil and water separate in emulsion and plays an important role for production operations. The standard approach to know emulsion strength involves bottle testing which is time consuming and subject to human interpretation. A faster and safer alternative is by running a mathematical model. However, because of the complexity of emulsion system, an equation from first principles for predicting emulsion stability is not available even with such vast work in the literature. In this research we test a data driven approach for predicting emulsion stability category and introduce a new concept of emulsion stability index. A model is built from the emulsion behavior of real crude oil and validated for field success. A software application of this produced emulsion stability tool, packaged as PrEST, is also created for deploying the model at enterprise level to provide quick guideline for emulsion strength.

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乳化液稳定性预测工具

油田采出液中经常含有乳剂，这是石油工业面临的一个重大挑战。乳状液稳定性决定了油水在乳状液中分离的难易程度，对生产作业起着重要作用。了解乳剂强度的标准方法包括瓶子测试，这是耗时的，并且受制于人的解释。一个更快更安全的选择是运行一个数学模型。然而，由于乳状液体系的复杂性，从第一性原理推导出的预测乳状液稳定性的方程，即使在大量的文献中也无法得到。在本研究中，我们测试了一种数据驱动的方法来预测乳状液稳定性类别，并引入了乳状液稳定性指数的新概念。根据实际原油的乳状液特性建立了模型，并通过现场成功验证。该生产的乳液稳定性工具的软件应用程序(打包为PrEST)也被创建，用于在企业层面部署模型，以提供乳液强度的快速指导。

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Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geochemistry and Petrology

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7.70

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84 days

期刊介绍： Egyptian Journal of Petroleum is addressed to the fields of crude oil, natural gas, energy and related subjects. Its objective is to serve as a forum for research and development covering the following areas: • Sedimentation and petroleum exploration. • Production. • Analysis and testing. • Chemistry and technology of petroleum and natural gas. • Refining and processing. • Catalysis. • Applications and petrochemicals. It also publishes original research papers and reviews in areas relating to synthetic fuels and lubricants - pollution - corrosion - alternate sources of energy - gasification, liquefaction and geology of coal - tar sands and oil shale - biomass as a source of renewable energy. To meet with these requirements the Egyptian Journal of Petroleum welcomes manuscripts and review papers reporting on the state-of-the-art in the aforementioned topics. The Egyptian Journal of Petroleum is also willing to publish the proceedings of petroleum and energy related conferences in a single volume form.