Development and Performance Evaluation of Steam Channeling PluggingAgent of Thermal Oil Recovery

摘要

Under the constraints of high temperature and heterogeneity, the common profile control agent can not effectivelyplug the steam channeling. To address this issue, it is necessary to develop the high temperature resistance steamchanneling plugging agent to improve the steam suction profile in the heavy oil reservoir. This paper used Simple VariableMethod to optimize the content of the components of the high temperature resistant plugging agent. Static performancesevaluation aims to study the influence rules of the formation condition (temperature, salinity and pH value). Dynamicevaluation is used to study its performance (plugging ratio, residual resistance factor, scouring resistance and thermalstability) in the sand-filled pipe to testify its applicability. The ratio of the component and the injection sequence areshown as follows: 0.03% coagulant +2.2% cross-linking agent I + 1.2% cross-linking II + 6% high efficient main agent.The evaluation experiment results show that the gel can resist at least 280oC, the plugging ratio is above 93.1%. The pluggingratio only have a 8.43% reduction after scoured by 15 PV steam (280oC). After a 10-day thermal stability experiment(280 oC), the plugging ratio is still above 80%. The result indicated that the plugging agent is suitable for the improvementof steam suction profile. The suggested way of injection is also provided.