Authors: Mahasneh Mehaysen , Falah Banihani, Hussam Alkhasawneh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci372020
JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI)
Pages: 57-63
Hot fluid injection, the preferred method used in the recovery of heavy oil and in various mechanisms
such as steam drive, cyclic steam injection, steam stimulation, has become the industrial method for
increasing recovery. These methods were used to promote heavy oil recovery by reducing the
viscosity of asphalt and heavy oil and increasing the mobility of oil in reservoirs. The experimental test
was carried out on a core sample obtained from the Ghareb Formation in the Wadi-Rajil area using
cold water, hot water, and steam injection. The maximum recovery of oil in the sample using cold and
hot water was 9.75% and 27.3 % respectively. On the other hand, the recovery of oil using steam
injection was 42.5%. Thus, steam injection yielded more oil than cold and hot water injections in this
experiment; the steam injection influx rate was approximately 15 mL/min. The total oil recovery of the
sample using these three mechanisms was around 80%. The steam injection can, thus, be considered
a promising thermal recovery method for asphalt and heavy oil in the Wadi-Rajil area.
Keywords: Heavy oil; Steam injection; Steam influx rate; Sweep; efficiency; Yield oil.
