Reservoir conformance improvement [[electronic resource] /] / Robert D. Sydansk, Laura Romero-Zerón

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462016703321
• Autore: Sydansk Robert D. <d. 2009.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Richardson, TX, : Society of Petroleum Engineers, c2011
• ISBN: 1-61399-152-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Romero-ZerónLaura
• Soggetti: Oil reservoir engineering; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-128) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 - Introduction""; ""2 - What Is Conformance? The Big Picture""; ""2.1 Definition of Conformance""; ""2.2 Critical Premise""; ""2.3 Illustration of Conformance and Generalized Conformance Problems""; ""2.4 Conformance and the Rate of Oil Recovery""; ""2.5 Excessive Water Production as a Conformance Problem""; ""2.6 The Broad Scope of Conformance Problems and Their Mitigation""; ""3 - Conformance: A Huge Potential for Improved Oil Recovery""; ""3.1 Oil Recovery Term Definitions""; ""3.2 Focus on Conventional Oil Reservoirs""; ""3.3 The One-Third Division of the Ultimate Oil-Recovery Fate of OOIP""""3.4 Encouraging Trends""; ""3.5 A 2007 Breakdown of Estimated Global Oil Reserves""; ""3.6 Oil Reserves from Mature Reservoirs""; ""3.7 Conformance-Improvement Operations Applied Within a Reservoir""; ""3.8 Highly Naturally Fractured Reservoirs""; ""4 - Conformance Problems""; ""4.1 Root Cause""; ""4.2 Types of Conformance Problems""; ""4.3 Diagnosis of Conformance Problems""; ""4.4 Specific Conformance Problems Require Distinct Conformance-Improvement Techniques""; ""4.5 High-Permeability Anomalies""; ""4.6 Fracture Conformance Problems""""4.7 Effect of Crossflow on Conformance-Improvement Operations""; ""4.8 Near-Wellbore vs. Far-Wellbore Conformance Remedies""; ""4.9 Underestimation of the Permeability of High-Permeability Flow Paths""; ""5 - Excessive Water ; Production""; ""5.1 Excessive Water Production as a Conformance Problem""; ""5.2 Necessary and Unnecessary Water Production""; ""5.3 Strategy to Successfully Apply a Water-Shutoff Treatment""; ""5.4 Excessive Water Production Is a Major Industry Challenge""; ""6 - Improving Conformanceâ€?A Broad Overview""; ""6.1 Types of Conformance-Improvement Methods""""6.2 General Means to Improve Conformance""; ""6.3 Definition of Conformance-Improvement Treatment""; ""6.4 Matching Conformance Problems to Conformance-Improving Technologies""; ""6.5 Benefits of Conformance Improvement""; ""7 - Improving Conformance by Increasing Viscosity""; ""7.1 Increasing the Viscosity of a Flooding Fluid to Improve Conformance""; ""7.2 Polymer Flooding To Increase Viscosity""; ""7.3 Residual Oil Recovery and Permeability Reduction""; ""7.4 Polymer Flooding Effectsâ€?Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Reservoirs""; ""7.5 Flooding Design and Operations Considerations""""7.6 Foam Flooding""; ""8 - Improving Conformance by Reducing Permeability""; ""8.1 Permeability-Reducing Materials for Improving Conformance""; ""8.2 Types of Permeability-Reducing Conformance-Improvement Treatments""; ""9 - Foams for Conformance Improvement""; ""9.1 Introduction to Foam Use for Conformance Improvement""; ""9.2 Nature of Bulk Foams""; ""9.3 Foams in Matrix-Rock Reservoirs""; ""9.4 Foams for Mobility Control""; ""9.5 Foams for Gas-Blocking Treatments""; ""9.6 Injecting Foam in the Field""; ""9.7 Foam Field Application for Conformance Improvement""