Experimental investigation on the impact of connate water salinity on dispersion coefficient in consolidated rocks cores during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection

Abba, MK; Al-Otaibi, A; Abbas, AJ; Nasr, GG; Abdulkadir, M

doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2018.10.007

Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review (2023)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Nourian, A., Babaie, M., & Nasr, G. (in press). Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 226, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211767

The rapid increase in the use of engineered nanoparticles in different industrial applications
makes risk assessment on human health, ecosystem and the environment necessary. Health,
safety and environmental (HSE) risks of a technology are an insep... Read More about Environmental, health and safety assessment of nanoparticle application in drilling mud – review.

Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems (2022)
Thesis
Martin, C. Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

The negative environmental impacts of drilling muds, particularly oil-based muds, are a cause for concern to regulators and governments worldwide. As a result, rules regarding the discharge and disposal of drilling muds have tightened globally. Recen... Read More about Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems.

Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2022). Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells. Geothermics, 107(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102600

High pressure and high temperature (HPHT) conditions in geothermal wells have necessitated the need to develop thermally stable geothermal drilling mud systems to combat potential drilling complications. This is because mud fluids degrade under HPHT... Read More about Designing smart drilling fluids using modified nano silica to improve drilling operations in geothermal wells.

Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) (2022)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2022). Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT). SPE Journal, 27(5), 2563-2576. https://doi.org/10.2118/209786-PA

Research currently has shown two contradicting conclusions about silica nanoparticle (SNP) application in mud fluid. While different studies have concluded that adding SNPs reduces the rheological properties, others have found that this is not the ca... Read More about Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT).

Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Abba, M., Naeem, Z., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2021). Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants. . https://doi.org/10.2218/iclass.2021.5993

Conventional aerosols sprays contain different Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). These organic compounds have different properties and can have detrimental impact on air quality. This study investigated the spray performance and variation of the type... Read More about Effects of pressure decay on Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) species distribution in domestic aerosol sprays with LPG propellants.

Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Johnson, A., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Abba, M. (2021, August). Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions. Presented at ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Edinburgh, UK

For past decades, various industries, such as oil and gas, have come to realisation that using water-based spraying systems, with fine very fine droplets should be the preferred option in mitigating and suppressing the thermal explosions. Previous st... Read More about Qualitative investigating on the effect of fine water spray and its orientation in mitigating vapour cloud explosions.

Experimental investigation of the effect of nanoparticles and polymer on interfacial tension between oil and water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) (2021)
Thesis
Rashid, F. Experimental investigation of the effect of nanoparticles and polymer on interfacial tension between oil and water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). (Dissertation). University of Salford

Nanotechnology has been generally used in several other industries, and the interest in it within the oil industry is increasing, due to its potential to deeply change enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and to improve the mechanism of recovery. With the dec... Read More about Experimental investigation of the effect of nanoparticles and polymer on interfacial tension between oil and water during Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).

Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents (2020)
Journal Article
Hasan, S., Abbas, A., & Nasr, G. (2021). Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents. Sustainability, 13(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010072

Environmental concern for our planet has changed significantly over time due to climate change, caused by an increasing population and the subsequent demand for electricity, and thus increased power generation. Considering that natural gas is regarde... Read More about Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents.

Enhanced oil recovery through integration of ultrasound and polymer flooding (2020)
Thesis
Hassan, K. Enhanced oil recovery through integration of ultrasound and polymer flooding. (Thesis). University of Salford

Initially, when an oil well is drilled the oil gushes to the surface at high pressure. However, with time the pressure declines leaving more than 50% of the oil trapped in the reservoir. Even with the introduction of current technologies, more than 4... Read More about Enhanced oil recovery through integration of ultrasound and polymer flooding.

Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source” (2020)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Abba, M., & Nasr, G. (2021). Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”. Environment International, 146, 106152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106152

Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs) from domestic aerosol sprays are
emerging pollutants and have substantial negative effects on human health and the
environment. This study, for the first time, carried out quantification of the NMVOC... Read More about Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”.

Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial (2020)
Journal Article
Johnston, S., Nasr, G., & Nourian, A. (2020). Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial. Atomization and Sprays, 30(6), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034356

For the past fifty years, there has been a great deal of interest using water-based explosion suppression systems in mitigating/reducing the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures. Previous research focused on the suppress... Read More about Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial.

Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer (2020)
Journal Article
Akpan, E., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2020). Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10, 1933-1948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00837-0

Xanthan gum is commonly used in drilling fluids to provide viscosity, solid suspension, and fluid-loss control. However, it is sensitive to high temperatures and not tolerant of field contaminants. This paper presents an experimental study on the eff... Read More about Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer.

Flow characteristics through gas alternating gas injection during enhanced gas recovery (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Mohammed, N., Abbas, A., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2019, October). Flow characteristics through gas alternating gas injection during enhanced gas recovery. Presented at SPE Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, Dubai, UAE

Gas and liquid flooding using carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen (N2), or brine solution have become one of the promising enhanced gas (EGR) and oil recovery (EOR) technologies for residual hydrocarbons (HCs) enhancement in conventional oil and gas reser... Read More about Flow characteristics through gas alternating gas injection during enhanced gas recovery.

Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach (2019)
Journal Article
Abba, M., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Athari, A., Burby, M., Saidu, B., & Suleiman, S. (2019). Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 71(103002), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103002

This study aims to experimentally investigate the potential of solubility trapping mechanism in increasing CO2 storage during EGR by CO2 injection and sequestration in conventional natural gas reservoirs. A laboratory core flooding process was carrie... Read More about Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach.

Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection (2019)
Journal Article
Abba, M., Al-Otaibi, A., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., & Burby, M. (2019). Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Energies, 12(12), 2328. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122328

This investigation was carried out to highlight the influence of the variation of permeability of the porous media with respect to the injection orientations during enhanced gas recovery (EGR) by CO2 injection using different core samples of differen... Read More about Influence of permeability and injection orientation variations on dispersion coefficient during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection.

Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study (2019)
Journal Article
Akangbou, H., Burby, M., & Nasr, G. (2019). Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 21(1), 57-75. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.099522

This work presents a rigorous sensitivity analysis on cresting using a physical model, to
investigate the effects of varying inclined section of horizontal well, lateral length in
reservoir and oil viscosity on oil recovered, cumulative of water pr... Read More about Water/oil cresting in horizontal wells : a sensitivity study.

Water-based drilling fluids for high-temperature applications and water-sensitive and dispersible shale formations (2019)
Journal Article
Akpan, E., Enyi, G., Nasr, G., Yahaya, A., Ahmadu, A., & Saidu, B. (2019). Water-based drilling fluids for high-temperature applications and water-sensitive and dispersible shale formations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 175(Apr 19), 1028-1038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.01.002

This study examines the effectiveness of sodium erythorbate, potassium formate, and polyethylene glycol for the formulation of high-performance water-based drilling fluids. High-performance water-based drilling fluids are environmentally-friendly, re... Read More about Water-based drilling fluids for high-temperature applications and water-sensitive and dispersible shale formations.

Effects of gravity on flow behaviour of supercritical CO2 during enhanced gas recovery and sequestration (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Abba, M., Abbas, A., Saidu, B., Nasr, G., & Al-Otaibi, A. (2018, November). Effects of gravity on flow behaviour of supercritical CO2 during enhanced gas recovery and sequestration. Poster presented at Fifth CO2 Geological Storage Workshop, Utrecht, The Netherlands

A core flooding experiment was carried out to simulate an Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) process to inject supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SCO2) into a core sample saturated with methane (CH4). This was done to investigate the flow behaviour of the inject... Read More about Effects of gravity on flow behaviour of supercritical CO2 during enhanced gas recovery and sequestration.

Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection and sequestration : effects of temperature, vertical and horizontal orientations on dispersion coefficient (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Abba, M., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., & Al-Otaibi, A. (2018, November). Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection and sequestration : effects of temperature, vertical and horizontal orientations on dispersion coefficient. Presented at The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC), Abu Dhabi

Enhanced gas recovery (EGR) by CO2 injection and sequestration is receiving increased attention within the research community. This is as a result of its potential to be an avenue for the simultaneous additional recovery of natural gas from the reser... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection and sequestration : effects of temperature, vertical and horizontal orientations on dispersion coefficient.

Experimental investigation on the impact of connate water salinity on dispersion coefficient in consolidated rocks cores during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection (2018)
Journal Article
Abba, M., Al-Otaibi, A., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., & Abdulkadir, M. (2018). Experimental investigation on the impact of connate water salinity on dispersion coefficient in consolidated rocks cores during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 60, 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2018.10.007

Connate water salinity is a vital property of the reservoir and its influence on the displacement efficiency cannot be overemphasised. Despite the numerous analytical literatures on the dispersion behaviour of CO2 in CH4 at different parametric condi... Read More about Experimental investigation on the impact of connate water salinity on dispersion coefficient in consolidated rocks cores during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection.

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