A new technological technique based on the “moist” carbon dioxide generation in the wellbore zone of the oil formations or at the wellhead is proposed. In this new technology a carbon dioxide is generated as a result of the chemical reaction between an aqueous acid solution and a natural calcium carbonate rock (limestone) as a “gas yielding” component. The mechanism of the process allows controlling a generation rate and a volume of the gas, the thermobaric conditions of the oil formation, mineral and acidity levels of water and a phase state of carbon dioxide. An industrial application of this technology in a large scale has a significant ecological importance as this technology utilizes the wastes of processing plants of the natural minerals, which is considered as a major source of the pollution of atmosphere by greenhouse gas emissions.

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Future Generation of Enhanced Oil Recovery

Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov*, Panakhov G.M**, Eldar M. Abbasov***, Gulshan R. Agayeva****, Gabil A. Aliyev*****, Sevinj R. Rasulova******
* Mechanical Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, USA.
**-***-****-*****-****** Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Periodicity:November - January'2013
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.8.2.2095

Abstract

A new technological technique based on the “moist” carbon dioxide generation in the wellbore zone of the oil formations or at the wellhead is proposed. In this new technology a carbon dioxide is generated as a result of the chemical reaction between an aqueous acid solution and a natural calcium carbonate rock (limestone) as a “gas yielding” component. The mechanism of the process allows controlling a generation rate and a volume of the gas, the thermobaric conditions of the oil formation, mineral and acidity levels of water and a phase state of carbon dioxide. An industrial application of this technology in a large scale has a significant ecological importance as this technology utilizes the wastes of processing plants of the natural minerals, which is considered as a major source of the pollution of atmosphere by greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords

Oil Recovery, Carbon Dioxide.

How to Cite this Article?

Bakhtiyarov, S.I, Panakhov, G. M., Abbasov, E. M., Agayeva, G. R., Aliyev, G.A., and Rasulova, S.R (2013). Future Generation of Enhanced Oil Recovery. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 8(2), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.8.2.2095

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