Research Article

Alkali Effect on Alkali-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance: Two Large-Scale Field Tests’ Evidence

Table 1

Comparison of basic reservoir physical properties.

ParametersWhole test areaCentral well area
B-1-DB-2-XB-1-DB-2-X

Area, km21.921.211.130.79
Injectors/producers49/6335/4449/3635/24
Well density (1/km2)58.3365.2875.2274.68
Average sandstone thickness (m)10.68.111.88.8
Average effective thickness (m)7.76.68.47.1
Average effective permeability(D)0.6700.5330.6750.529
OOIP (104 ton)240.71116.31143.4175.64
Pore volume(104 m3)505.11219.21298.44142.66
Well patternFive-spotFive-spotFive-spotFive-spot
Well spacing (m)125125125125
Formation water typeNaHCO3NaHCO3NaHCO3NaHCO3
Formation brine salinity (mg/L)5611603756116037
Calcium ion (mg/L)35.9720–4035.9720–40
Magnesium ion (mg/L)9.4410–209.4410–20
Target formationSII1-9SII10-12SII1-9SII10-12
Formation depth (m)838–870872–883838-870-872–883
Formation-oil viscosity (cP)8.2–9.38.2–10.48.2–9.38.2–10.4
Dead oil viscosity (cP)17.5516.617.5516.6
Formation temperature (°C)42.443–4842.443–48