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Experimental Study for Improving Oil Recovery Using Organic Alkaline and Nano-Silica for An Egyptian Oil Field

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Organic chemistry

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Nowadays, the oil and gas industry is considering the trends towards the implementation of nanotechnology in many enhanced techniques of hydrocarbon recovery. This trend is greatly influenced by the distinct and unique specifications and properties of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles can provide an additional ability to oversee the conditions of the hydrocarbon reservoirs, with the aim of increasing productivity and reaching satisfactory recovery percentages. Nanoparticles are considered effective to this extent due to their potential to provide an appropriate environment in order to decrease the interfacial tension and change the wettability of reservoir rocks, in addition to their capability to improve the oil mobility and their ability to advance the uniformity of the sand. This study discusses modeling and optimization of different flooding situations using organic alkaline, ethylenediamine, and nanoparticles, SiO2, at harsh reservoir conditions of high salinity. Organic alkaline solves two main problems facing inorganic alkaline like the precipitation of calcium and magnesium ions and reduction of polymer viscosity. The physical properties of the displacing fluids and crude oil are measured. The flooding runs were tested on linear sand pack unit using various slugs' concentrations. Wettability alterations were also observed by various slugs' concentrations. Design Expert software was used to generate the concentrations used in this study and determine the optimum concentrations. The results showed that the highest oil recovery was achieved by 0.7 wt. % ethylenediamine, and 0.02475wt% Nano silica.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.297506.9863

Keywords

Ethylenediamine, Nanoparticles, flooding, Oil Recovery

Authors

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Mayar A.

Last Name

Hassan

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Department of Petroleum and Gas Technology (Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,The British University in Egypt (BUE) , El-Shorouk City, Cairo 11837, Egypt.

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Mohamed Sadek

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Hamedi

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Department of Petroleum and Gas Technology (Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,The British University in Egypt (BUE) , El-Shorouk City, Cairo 11837, Egypt.

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Attia Mahmoud

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Attia

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Department of Petroleum and Gas Technology (Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,The British University in Egypt (BUE) , El-Shorouk City, Cairo 11837, Egypt.

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attia.attia@bue.edu.eg

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0000-0001-9912-7287

Volume

68

Article Issue

3

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53789

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-06-13

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2025-03-01

Page Start

51

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61

Print ISSN

0449-2285

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2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_371492.html

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371,492

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Experimental Study for Improving Oil Recovery Using Organic Alkaline and Nano-Silica for An Egyptian Oil Field

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15 Feb 2025