Evaluation and selection of the microbial process as an improved recovery method using the HC-RMAM tool
Keywords:
Computational tool, microbial enhanced oil recovery, oil fields, technical and economic evaluationAbstract
In this paper, a Computational Tool called Improved Oil Recovery by Microorganisms (HCRMAM) was developed. With this, the applicability of on-site and off-site microbial processes to oil fields is technically and economically assessed as an improved recovery method. In this study, the most relevant selection guides and economic indicators were proposed and concentrated, with which their feasibility was evaluated. The HC-RMAM was validated with 16 national and international fields, obtaining satisfactory results in 100%. Subsequently, 33 fields were technically analysed which were 100 % viable for the ex situ subprocess. For the in situ subprocess, 27 fields were analyzed which were not viable because the survival of the microorganism is not assured. Regarding the economic analysis, 2 of the 33 fields presented a positive Net Present Value (NPV) ranging between 223 and 98 million dollars.
Downloads
References
Aladasani, A. y Bai, B. (2010). Recent Developments and Updated Screening Criteria of enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques. Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE 130726. Conferencia y Exposición Internacional de Petróleo y Gas CPS/SPE, Beijing, China. https://cutt.ly/enodXdX.
Al-Sulaimani, H., Joshi, S., Al-Wahaibi, Al-Bahry, S. Elshafie, A. y Al-Bemani, A. (2011). Microbial biotechnology for enhancing oil recovery: Current developments and future prospects. Society for Applied Biotechnology, 1(2), 147-158, India. https://cutt.ly/bnodVvk.
Beggs, H. D. (1991). Production Optimization Using Nodal Analysis TM.OGCI. Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) (2012). El futuro de la producción de aceite en México: Recuperación Avanzada y Mejorada IOR-EOR. https://cutt.ly/dnogtdd.
Cerón, I. B., Imbaquingo, V. H. y Gallegos, A. (2016). Recuperación mejorada de petróleo mediante biotecnología para el Campo BEV. Revista Politécnica, 38(1). https://bit.ly/3rQvuxh.
Donaldson, E.C., Chilingarian, G.V. y Yen, T.F. (1989). Microbial enhanced oil recovery. Developments in petroleum science. Elsevier. https://bit.ly/3DFUBo.
Hitzman, D.O., Bailey, S.A. y Stepp, A K. (2003). Innovative MIOR Process Utilizing Indigenous Reservoir Constituents. Final Technical Report. U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office. https://bit.ly/3lOobCe.
Maure, M. A., Saldaña, . A. A. y Juarez, A. R (2005). Biotechnology applications to EOR in Talara offshore oil fields, Northwest Peru. En SPE Latin American and Caribbean petroleum engineering conference. SPE Publications, Rio de Janeiro. https://cutt.ly/6nod8cU.
Osunde J. E. y Balogun, S. A. (2013). Micro-organisms in enhanced oil recovery. Ife Journal of Science, 15(3), 617-630. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijs/article/view/131590.
Pautz, J.F., Sellers C.A., Nautiyal C. y Allison E. (1992). Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects Database. National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research. https://bit.ly/31I4IfM.
Reyes Rentería, I. (2017). Desarrollo de una herramienta computacional para la evaluación y selección de procesos químicos como métodos de recuperación mejorada [Tesis de licenciatura, Universidad Autónoma del Carmen].
Steven L. B., y Lockhart, T. P. (2000). Reservoir Engineering Analysis of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc., SPE 63229. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas. https://doi.org/10.2118/63229-MS.
Downloads
Published
Versions
- 2022-05-26 (2)
- 2021-12-31 (1)
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
