Dissolved organic matter (DOM) as natural tracking agent in cyclic steam stimulation with preformed foams: a mature heavy oil field case

FERNANDO ANDRES ROJAS RUIZ; Jorge Armando Orrego Ruiz; Angela Maria Valencia López; Romel Antonio Pérez Romero; Eduardo Jose Manrique Ventura

doi:10.29047/01225383.775

FERNANDO ANDRES ROJAS RUIZ Ecopetrol S.A. – Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo y energías de la Transición ICPET Piedecuesta, Santander-Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3566-9498
Jorge Armando Orrego Ruiz Ecopetrol S.A. – Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo y energías de la Transición ICPET Piedecuesta, Santander-Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9087-1074
Angela Maria Valencia López PSL Proanalisis SAS Floridablanca-Santander-Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-3742
Romel Antonio Pérez Romero Ecopetrol S.A. – Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo y energías de la Transición ICPET Piedecuesta, Santander-Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5112-4650
Eduardo Jose Manrique Ventura Ecopetrol S.A. – Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo y energías de la Transición ICPET Piedecuesta, Santander-Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-8091

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29047/01225383.775

Palabras clave: Materia orgánica disuelta, espumas Preformadas, estimulación cíclica de vapor, recuperación mejorada de petróleo

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Resumen

En el presente trabajo se analizó la fracción soluble no volátil en agua o materia orgánica disuelta (DOM) obtenida del agua de producción asociada a la Estimulación Cíclica por Vapor (CSS) con espumas preformadas mediante espectrometría de masas de alta y ultra-alta. Utilizando ESI FT-ICR MS, se identificaron y seleccionaron seis ácidos nafténicos como nuevos posibles agentes de seguimiento naturales. Posteriormente, las fracciones de DOM se analizaron mediante ESI MSMS, y se establecieron concentraciones semicuantitativas de estos compuestos para las muestras. Los resultados muestran que la concentración de DOM monitoreada a través de ESI-MSMS permite correlacionar los cambios durante los ciclos de inyección de vapor+espuma con los aumentos/disminuciones de la producción de petróleo en tres pozos del Campo Cocorná, Colombia. Esta información se vuelve relevante para el control de calidad de la inyección cíclica de vapor y, por tanto, para el desarrollo de campos maduros de petróleo pesado.

De esta manera, monitorear compuestos de petróleo solubles en agua se presenta como una estrategia asequible y una herramienta prometedora para seguir cambios en yacimientos sometidos a inyección de agua.

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Cómo citar

ROJAS RUIZ, F. A., Orrego Ruiz, J. A., Valencia López, A. M., Pérez Romero, R. A., & Manrique Ventura, E. J. (2024). Materia orgánica disuelta (DOM) como agente de seguimiento natural en estimulación cíclica por vapor usando espumas preformadas: un caso de campo de petróleo pesado maduro. CT&F - Ciencia, Tecnología Y Futuro, 14(2), 45–57. https://doi.org/10.29047/01225383.775