M. R. Ferreira, G. S. M. Reis, R. C. P. Nunes, E. F. Lucas
{"title":"SYNTHETIC WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS: EFFECT OF OIL COMPOSITION ON STABILITY AND DEMULSIFIER PERFORMANCE","authors":"M. R. Ferreira, G. S. M. Reis, R. C. P. Nunes, E. F. Lucas","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2024-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2024-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Stable water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions are undesirable from an operational standpoint, with the asphaltenes present in petroleum being considered the main stabilizers of these emulsions. Demulsifiers are agents added to destabilize these emulsions. The objective of this work is to evaluate the stability of w/o emulsions formed from an oil phase with different polarities (kerosene and toluene) containing asphaltene fractions C3I, C5I, and C7I, and how these systems affect the action of a demulsifier additive. Systems containing asphaltenes in toluene were more stable when using the C7I fraction due to its greater polarity and, consequently, considerable action at the interface. With the oil phase composed of a less polar solvent (kerosene), the C3I fraction increased the stability of the emulsion by reducing the action of the demulsifying additive, with an upper asphaltenes concentration limit of 1.0% observed where the action of the demulsifying agent was affected.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"24 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141685290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. M. Santana, V. C. T. de Souza, H. O. da Rocha, J. A. O. Marinho
{"title":"WELL-TO-WELL (W2W) ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY MODELING ADVANCEMENT: IMPROVING PRECISION AND EFFECTIVENESS WITH REGULARIZATION","authors":"J. M. Santana, V. C. T. de Souza, H. O. da Rocha, J. A. O. Marinho","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2024-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2024-0005","url":null,"abstract":"This research describes the direct and inverse problems of cross-well electromagnetic tomography. The model geometry has azimuthal symmetry, which simplifies the forward modeling and the inversion procedure. In the direct problem, the finite element method is used in the numerical solution of the Helmholtz equation. In the inverse problem, the study discusses the use of three stabilizer functionals: Global Smoothness (GS), Total Variation (TV), and Absolute Equality (AE). The first uses a smoothing function in the L2 norm, while the latter uses smoothing in the L1 norm, for it accepts abrupt changes between adjacent parameters. The results show that the TV method generated good estimates of both geometry and conductivity of the bodies, both for small and large conductivity contrast between the targets and the surrounding environment. Through the results, one can also observe that the regularization of the Total Variation presented a better estimate of the parameters than the Global Smoothness. In most of the synthetic models used in this work, the best estimates of the proposed model occurred when Absolute Equality constraints were used on the cells at the edges of the inversion grid, in addition to the stabilizer functional.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"18 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141686025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. T. Landim, M. M. F. Melo Neta, F. J. S. Barros, C. L. Cavalcante Jr., F. M. T. Luna
{"title":"SCALE INHIBITOR SQUEEZE TREATMENT: AN ADVANCED BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS","authors":"R. T. Landim, M. M. F. Melo Neta, F. J. S. Barros, C. L. Cavalcante Jr., F. M. T. Luna","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2024-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2024-0008","url":null,"abstract":"The scale inhibitor squeeze treatment is an important method used in the petroleum industry to control formation of inorganic deposition within the oil production wells. This treatment increases the life cycle of petroleum production by preventing or reducing the formation and growth of salt crystals. In recent years, studies on inhibitor squeeze treatments have been expanding and diversifying with the goal of improving the lifespan and reducing treatment costs. This study reports an advanced bibliometric analysis from 1970 to 2023, illustrating the extent of research on inhibitor squeeze treatments to prevent the formation of inorganic scale, with a systematic survey since the first registered publication. It highlights the evolution of research reports, assessing the relationships between institutions, journals, and authors, identifying of potential needs to be addressed by future investigations.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"32 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141688233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IMPROVING MICROBIAL CONTROL IN PRODUCED WATER FROM OIL FIELDS: A 5-STEP APPROACH","authors":"G. F. Pereira, T. R. Rosin, B. Braga, G. Corção","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Microbial control in oil fields can be considered a complex subject, since microbiome diversity and physical-chemical characteristics of produced water (PW) originate a unique profile in oil fields. Standard biocides are used as chemical treatment, but the toxicity and the high volumes can cause elevated environmental impacts. Treatment effectiveness and, consequently, reduction of environmental impact may be improved through an adequate planning. The present study examines the bacterial resistance mechanisms to biocides and suggests a 5-step approach for the treatment planning: 1) determination of objectives; 2) bioaudit; 3) selection of biocide(s) in laboratory; 4) selection of representative Key Performance Indicators (KPI); and 5) monitoring of the treatment. Finally, this article demonstrates an optimization of a biocide treatment using the 5-step approach. The results show a reduction of approximately 50% in the dosage of the biocide, as well as reduction in frequency of dosage.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"52 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138952438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. S. Melo, V. L. A. Gomes, M. A. Costa Júnior, E. V. Bautista
{"title":"ANALYSIS OF SAND PRODUCTION CONTROL IN A MATURE OIL RESERVOIR THROUGH ELECTRICAL WELL PROFILES","authors":"I. S. Melo, V. L. A. Gomes, M. A. Costa Júnior, E. V. Bautista","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"The sand production happens when the reservoir begins its productive life, and the consolidation of the grains that compose the framework of the oil-producing formation is not enough to keep them cohesive. The front of the drag force is caused by the flow of fluids inside the pores of the rock-reservoir. Therefore, reservoir parameters must be analyzed to observe how they behave considering the production of solids. The operational parameters used in this study were compressional wave, shear wave and gamma ray profiles, depth, average overburden density, reservoir fluid pressure, and bottom pressure in flow during production. These data allowed us to predict the production of sand in a mature oil reservoir. The results show that in the zones that presented solids production, through the control of the dynamic pressure, it is possible to control the production of sand and determine the critical point of its production.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"31 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138950237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"REACTIVE FLOW IN CARBONATE ROCKS FROM LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENTS: THE EFFECTS OF PRESSURE AND FLUID SALINITY","authors":"K. C. Silva, L. F. Cury, L. F. L. Luz Junior","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0013","url":null,"abstract":"The high production of CO2 from Brazilian pre-salt reservoirs requires research on CO2 interactions with carbonate reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) or CO2 trapping. This interaction causes reactive phenomena that are not fully understood. Experimental tests on carbonate facies are crucial for understanding reactions and their impact on reservoir characteristics. This study investigates experimentally reactions generated by reactive fluid flow in carbonate rocks from two geological scenarios by analyzing chemical and morphological parameters before and after the tests. Salinity was the most significant parameter for reactive flow, impacting porosity for modern continental carbonate samples from Patagonia. However, the sample from the Brazilian pre-salt showed higher mineral stability and less mineral dissolution. Results provide data for simulating reactive transport in these rocks for CCS and understanding diagenetic processes' impact on reservoir quality.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"38 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138949915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. S. Cruz, L. S. Bastos, D. M. Santana, V. J. Pereira, G. Costa, S. A. B. Vieira de Melo
{"title":"ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION FOR CO2WAG FLOODING PROCESS: EFFECTS OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS ON OIL RECOVERY FACTOR AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES","authors":"N. S. Cruz, L. S. Bastos, D. M. Santana, V. J. Pereira, G. Costa, S. A. B. Vieira de Melo","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0014","url":null,"abstract":"CO2-water alternating injection (CO2 WAG) is an advanced recovery strategy widely used in many oil fields. Asphaltenes may precipitate and eventually deposit on the rock surface in CO2 WAG injection, reducing permeability and porosity and thus affecting oil production. This work aims to determine under which operating conditions the highest recovery factor (RF) is reached in a WAG injection process and analyze the behavior of the physical properties of oil and rock, in addition to precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes. The results show that the higher the WAG ratio is, the higher the pressures achieved will be, reducing the amount of precipitated asphaltenes and its deposition. However, as the WAG ratio increases, the water breakthrough occurs earlier, causing the macroscopic displacement efficiency to decrease, impairing oil production. Furthermore, in most cases, higher RFs are reached for intermediate WAG ratios in a given injection cycle.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"4 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138952012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. D. Z. S. Oliveira, Y. C. Santiago, A. M. González, I. F. Pinheiro, K. P. Barbosa, L. A. Sphaier
{"title":"OIL SLUDGE THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION: GASIFICATION AND AMMONIA SYNTHESIS CASE","authors":"H. D. Z. S. Oliveira, Y. C. Santiago, A. M. González, I. F. Pinheiro, K. P. Barbosa, L. A. Sphaier","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0004","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to evaluate the gasification of oily sludge (OS) and the potential use of produced gas as feedstock for ammonia production. For this purpose, a computational gasification model was developed and validated in Aspen Hysys® v. 11.0 software to evaluate the influence of air/steam mixtures as gasification agents on the studied parameters. The Lower Heating Value (LHV) of the producer gas varied between 5 and 10 MJ/m3 for equivalence ratios greater than 0.3. The molar concentration of H2 increased to 24.9% at 1380°C and decreased to 21.5% at 1700°C. Finally, the producer gas was used to synthesize ammonia, where a conversion of more than 90% was obtained at a pressure of 100 bar and a temperature of 450°C. The results showed that oil sludge gasification could be a viable alternative to efficiently converting refinery waste into valuable products.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135538853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. P. S. Sousa, L. O. N. Nascimento, C. D. R. Souza, Y. K. P. G. Aum, J. S. Araújo, S. Duvoisin Júnior
{"title":"PERFORMANCE OF AMAZONIAN BIOSORBENTS IN THE SEPARATION PROCESS OF EMULSIFIED OIL WITH RIO NEGRO WATER","authors":"M. P. S. Sousa, L. O. N. Nascimento, C. D. R. Souza, Y. K. P. G. Aum, J. S. Araújo, S. Duvoisin Júnior","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, one of the most serious environmental problems society is facing is water contamination by oil spills. The use of sorbents from agricultural residues has been considered a very promising approach for the effective treatment of oil contaminated water. Therefore, this work investigates the use of biosorbents obtained from cupuaçu shell (Bio-CP) and sacha inchi shell (Bio-SI) in the oil removal process. The characterization of adsorbents was carried out by FTIR, XRF, and TGA. Adsorption tests were carried out in a finite bath using 0.1 g of biosorbent and diesel/Rio Negro water emulsions at 400 mg.L-1 in a contact time of 60 minutes. The results show that Bio-CP has a higher oil adsorption capacity (190.8 mg.g-1) compared to Bio-SI (174.93 mg.g-1), and better oil removal, 95.4%, if compared to 87.47% for Bio-SI. The results indicate that cupuaçu and sacha inchi shells can be effective in the production of biosorbents to remove diesel from contaminated water.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135538862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. R. A. Pereira, A. R. S. S. Barbosa, R. G. M. A. Macedo, B. C. C. Fernandes
{"title":"REMOVAL OF CA2+ AND MG2+ FROM PRODUCED WATER USING SERIGUELA RESIDUE (SPONDIAS PURPUREA L.) AS POTENTIAL BIOSORBENT","authors":"K. R. A. Pereira, A. R. S. S. Barbosa, R. G. M. A. Macedo, B. C. C. Fernandes","doi":"10.5419/bjpg2023-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5419/bjpg2023-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Produced Water (PW) represents a problematic residue for the petroleum industry because it is generated in high amounts and it presents varied chemical composition can be toxic to organisms. The presence of inorganic salts, as calcium and magnesium, classify the PW in terms of its total hardness (TH) and this characteristic is an indication of the capacity to scale formation in pipelines and equipment. Thus, the adsorption treatment has been highlighted as an alternative method, mainly due to its low cost, high selectivity, and application of biodegradable adsorbents. In this context, the objective of this work is to evaluate the removal of Ca2+ and Mg2+ from PW using seriguela seeds (SS) as potential biosorbent. This work characterizes SS by chemical composition, surface groups, PZC (PZC) and SEM. The adsorption tests in batch resulted in levels of efficiency and TH adsorption capacity of 25 % and 8 mg g-1.","PeriodicalId":9312,"journal":{"name":"Brazilian Journal of Petroleum and Gas","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}