Assessment of the Injectability of Brines Produced by Geopressured-Geothermal Resources of the Gulf Coast

摘要

A mobile, field test system has been developed for on-line evaluation of geopressured brine injectability at elevated pressures and temperatures. The apparatus consists of a flow system that is connected directly to the well-site brine-handling equipment. The system permits injectability assessment on the basis of standard membrane filtration tests and an examination of the effects of brine aging by means of incubation tests. Auxiliary instrumentation is used to characterize the brine suspended solids. The test system is being used to diagnose water quality at the design wells. (ERA citation 06:031900)