Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect

Stimulation of the sandstone reservoir requires a mixture of acids such as mud acid, which assist in enlarging the microscopic paths by dissolving the siliceous fines or clays near the well-bore region. As a result, the formation permeability and porosity can be enhanced. In deeper wells, the temper...

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Main Authors: Shafiq, M.U., Ben Mahmud, Hisham, Gishkori, S.N., Lee, K.M., Rezaee, Reza
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE140100180
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89562
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author Shafiq, M.U.
Ben Mahmud, Hisham
Gishkori, S.N.
Lee, K.M.
Rezaee, Reza
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Ben Mahmud, Hisham
Gishkori, S.N.
Lee, K.M.
Rezaee, Reza
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description Stimulation of the sandstone reservoir requires a mixture of acids such as mud acid, which assist in enlarging the microscopic paths by dissolving the siliceous fines or clays near the well-bore region. As a result, the formation permeability and porosity can be enhanced. In deeper wells, the temperature exceeds 200 °F, at these temperature ranges, problems can arise. For example, the use of mud acid mixtures can lead to issues like precipitations, corrosion, early consumption of acids, leading to lesser acid efficiency. In this study, the core flooding apparatus was used for acidizing experiments, designed to dissolve minerals and to analyze the changes in petrophysical parameters such as porosity, permeability, and mineralogy. Conventional and tight sandstone core samples were acidized using different chelating acids such as Hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and Glutamic acid (GLDA) at high-temperature conditions. Analytical studies (mineral mass, pore size distribution, topology, grain size distribution, and density distribution were conducted using Tescan Integrated Mineral Analysis (TIMA). The obtained results showed that chelating agent HEDTA created more pore spaces in the core samples and is effective in dissolving positive ions. Also, the permeability was observed to be doubled by its application which could be effective in alteration of pore topology of the sandstone cores.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-895622023-01-16T03:42:28Z Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect Shafiq, M.U. Ben Mahmud, Hisham Gishkori, S.N. Lee, K.M. Rezaee, Reza Science & Technology Technology Physical Sciences Energy & Fuels Engineering, Petroleum Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Engineering Geology Stimulation Mineralogy Chelating agent Sandstone Petrophysical Stimulation of the sandstone reservoir requires a mixture of acids such as mud acid, which assist in enlarging the microscopic paths by dissolving the siliceous fines or clays near the well-bore region. As a result, the formation permeability and porosity can be enhanced. In deeper wells, the temperature exceeds 200 °F, at these temperature ranges, problems can arise. For example, the use of mud acid mixtures can lead to issues like precipitations, corrosion, early consumption of acids, leading to lesser acid efficiency. In this study, the core flooding apparatus was used for acidizing experiments, designed to dissolve minerals and to analyze the changes in petrophysical parameters such as porosity, permeability, and mineralogy. Conventional and tight sandstone core samples were acidized using different chelating acids such as Hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and Glutamic acid (GLDA) at high-temperature conditions. Analytical studies (mineral mass, pore size distribution, topology, grain size distribution, and density distribution were conducted using Tescan Integrated Mineral Analysis (TIMA). The obtained results showed that chelating agent HEDTA created more pore spaces in the core samples and is effective in dissolving positive ions. Also, the permeability was observed to be doubled by its application which could be effective in alteration of pore topology of the sandstone cores. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89562 10.1007/s13202-020-00937-x English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE140100180 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SPRINGER HEIDELBERG fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Petroleum
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Geology
Stimulation
Mineralogy
Chelating agent
Sandstone
Petrophysical
Shafiq, M.U.
Ben Mahmud, Hisham
Gishkori, S.N.
Lee, K.M.
Rezaee, Reza
Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title_full Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title_fullStr Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title_full_unstemmed Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title_short Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
title_sort acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Petroleum
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Geology
Stimulation
Mineralogy
Chelating agent
Sandstone
Petrophysical
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE140100180
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89562