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MISCIBLE SLUG PROCESS [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A miscible hydrocarbon displacement process consisting in the injection of a slug of enriched natural gas followed by lean gas or lean gas and water.

OBS

[The slug] is enriched with ethane through hexane (C2-C6).

Key term(s)
  • enriched gas drive
  • enriched-gas drive
  • condensing gas-drive
  • enriched-gas injection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Injection de gaz riche. [...] la formation du bouchon miscible est obtenue aux dépens des hydrocarbures intermédiaires contenus dans le gaz.

OBS

Le gaz riche [...] est soit du gaz naturel provenant d'un gisement voisin, soit du gaz provenant d'un étage de séparation du brut produit, soit un gaz naturel pauvre que l'on aura chargé, avant injection, de propane et de butane.

OBS

[...] le propane et le butane sont des produits chers [...] Une fois le banc miscible formé, il convient d'arrêter l'injection de gaz riche et de la remplacer par une injection de gaz pauvre, miscible en toute proportion au gaz riche à l'arrière du front d'avancement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

If the water is being used for a miscible slug or polymer formulation, it may be necessary to process the filtered water through an iron exchange water softener.

CONT

... the reservoir temperature must be less than the critical temperature of the miscible slug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Refoulement par l'eau des bouchons miscibles. [...] une limite inférieure du rapport gaz-eau est celle pour laquelle le gaz et l'eau ont des vitesses égales dans le réservoir. Si l'on dépasse cette limite l'eau [...] vient en contact avec le bouchon de solvant et l'on n'a plus affaire à un déplacement miscible, mais à un balayage par l'eau [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

A miscible hydrocarbon displacement process consisting in the injection of a liquid hydrocarbon slug equivalent to about 5% PV followed by natural gas, or gas and water, in order to drive the slug through the reservoir.

CONT

... miscible slug flooding is best applied to reservoirs with the following characteristics: oil viscosity less than 5 cp ... steeply dipping reservoir rock ... homogeneous permeability less than 100 md, reservoir temperature below the critical temperature of the slug and sufficient pressure for miscibility ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
OBS

Pour améliorer les récupérations d'huile, il vient tout naturellement à l'esprit de ne pas employer un fluide quelconque, mais un fluide miscible avec l'huile.

Spanish

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