Formation Damage during Improved Oil Recovery: Fundamentals and Applications

Formation Damage during Improved Oil Recovery: Fundamentals and Applications bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and field practice by presenting information on formation damage issues that arise during enhanced oil recovery. Multi-contributed technical chapters include sections on modeling and simulation, lab experiments, field case studies, and newly proposed technologies and methods that are related to formation damage during secondary and tertiary recovery processes in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Focusing on both the fundamental theories related to EOR and formation damage, this reference helps engineers formulate integrated and systematic designs for applying EOR processes while also considering formation damage issues.

Presents the first complete reference addressing formation damage as a result of enhanced oil recovery Provides the mechanisms for formation damage issues that are coupled with EOR Suggests appropriate preventative actions or responses Delivers a structured approach on how to understand the fundamental theories, practical challenges and solutions

1. Overview of Formation Damage during Improved and Enhanced Oil Recovery 2. Low-Salinity Water Flooding: from Novel to Mature Technology 3. Formation Damage by Fines Migration: Mathematical and Laboratory Modelling, Field Cases 4. Using Nanofluids to Control Fines Migration in Porous Systems 5. Formation Damage by Inorganic Deposition 6. Formation Damage by Organic Deposition 7. Formation Damage during Chemical Flooding 8. Formation Damage Problems associated with CO2 Flooding 9. Formation Damage by Thermal Methods Applied to Heavy Oil Reservoirs 10. Formation Damage Issues in Unconventional Reservoirs 11. Formation Damage Problems in Offshore and Deepwater Reservoirs 12. Formation Damage Challenges in Geothermal Reservoirs 13. Formation Damage in Coalbed Methane Recovery 14. Special Focus on Produced Water in Oil and Gas Fields: Origin, Management and Re-Injection Practice 15. Integrated Risks Assessment and Management of IOR/EOR projects: A Formation Damage View