Sonochemical approaches to enhanced oil recovery

Vladimir O Abramov; Anna V Abramova; Vadim M Bayazitov; Lyubov K Altunina; Artyom S Gerasin; Dmitriy M Pashin; Timothy J Mason

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.08.014

Sonochemical approaches to enhanced oil recovery

Ultrason Sonochem. 2015 Jul:25:76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.08.014. Epub 2014 Aug 29.

Authors

Vladimir O Abramov¹, Anna V Abramova², Vadim M Bayazitov³, Lyubov K Altunina⁴, Artyom S Gerasin⁵, Dmitriy M Pashin⁶, Timothy J Mason⁷

Affiliations

¹ Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation. Electronic address: novita@mail.ru.
² Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation. Electronic address: anna_v_abramova@mail.ru.
³ Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation. Electronic address: vadim.bayazitov@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute of Petroleum Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademicheskaya Avenue 4, Tomsk 634021, Russian Federation. Electronic address: alk@ipc.tsc.ru.
⁵ CUT-Service Ltd, Office 36, Vavilova Street 97, Moscow 117335, Russian Federation. Electronic address: doctrina_petroleum@mail.ru.
⁶ Centre of Nanotechnologies of the Republic of Tatarstan, Peterburgskaya Avenue 50, Kazan 420107, Russian Federation. Electronic address: dmitry.pashin@nanort.ru.
⁷ Sonochemistry Centre, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, CV1 5FB Coventry, UK. Electronic address: apx077@coventry.ac.uk.

PMID: 25242671
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.08.014

Abstract

Oil production from wells reduces with time and the well becomes uneconomic unless enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are applied. There are a number of methods currently available and each has specific advantages and disadvantages depending on conditions. Currently there is a big demand for new or improved technologies in this field, the hope is that these might also be applicable to wells which have already been the subject of EOR. The sonochemical method of EOR is one of the most promising methods and is important in that it can also be applied for the treatment of horizontal wells. The present article reports the theoretical background of the developed sonochemical technology for EOR in horizontal wells; describes the requirements to the equipment needed to embody the technology. The results of the first field tests of the technology are reported.

Keywords: Enhanced oil recovery EOR; Horizontal well; Oil well treatment; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't