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Page 1: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

SPE 102060

Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir Engineering

IN Evdokimov NYu Eliseev AP Losev MA Novikov

laquoBusinessmen should understand that in case they do not go into nanotechnologies today

they will miss everythingand in the best case they will

work in dirty robes at oil well-sites which will be managed by our foreign friends

and partnersraquo

15 December 2005 гRussiarsquos Council of Ministers

Prime Minister M FRADKOV

Discussions ofNANOTECHNOLOGIES

are frequently based

on persistentldquonanomythsrdquo

and on widespreadmisinterpretations

1966 гPopular Movie

laquo Fantastic Voyage raquo

after the novel

by I Asimov

NANOSUBMARINE

1986 гK Eric Drexler

laquo Engines of Creation The Coming Era of

Nanotechnology raquo

NANOBOT

Image from wwwthelensflarecomgalleryp_nanobot3_260php

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 2: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

laquoBusinessmen should understand that in case they do not go into nanotechnologies today

they will miss everythingand in the best case they will

work in dirty robes at oil well-sites which will be managed by our foreign friends

and partnersraquo

15 December 2005 гRussiarsquos Council of Ministers

Prime Minister M FRADKOV

Discussions ofNANOTECHNOLOGIES

are frequently based

on persistentldquonanomythsrdquo

and on widespreadmisinterpretations

1966 гPopular Movie

laquo Fantastic Voyage raquo

after the novel

by I Asimov

NANOSUBMARINE

1986 гK Eric Drexler

laquo Engines of Creation The Coming Era of

Nanotechnology raquo

NANOBOT

Image from wwwthelensflarecomgalleryp_nanobot3_260php

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 3: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Discussions ofNANOTECHNOLOGIES

are frequently based

on persistentldquonanomythsrdquo

and on widespreadmisinterpretations

1966 гPopular Movie

laquo Fantastic Voyage raquo

after the novel

by I Asimov

NANOSUBMARINE

1986 гK Eric Drexler

laquo Engines of Creation The Coming Era of

Nanotechnology raquo

NANOBOT

Image from wwwthelensflarecomgalleryp_nanobot3_260php

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 4: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

1966 гPopular Movie

laquo Fantastic Voyage raquo

after the novel

by I Asimov

NANOSUBMARINE

1986 гK Eric Drexler

laquo Engines of Creation The Coming Era of

Nanotechnology raquo

NANOBOT

Image from wwwthelensflarecomgalleryp_nanobot3_260php

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 5: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

1986 гK Eric Drexler

laquo Engines of Creation The Coming Era of

Nanotechnology raquo

NANOBOT

Image from wwwthelensflarecomgalleryp_nanobot3_260php

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 6: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

laquoNANOBOTSPATROL THE PORES

OF OILRESERVOIRraquo

Website Wiredcom

Bhat S Singh P (2006)ldquoUse of Nanorobots in Oil Industryrdquo SPE Mumbai Section Maharashtra Inst Technol

Sakhawat S (2004)ldquoSurfactants-Nanorobots in EORrdquoProc Reg Symp Chem Eng Bangkok Thailand

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 7: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

IndustrialNanotechnologies

laquo Dry raquo

MolecularNanotechnologies (MNT)

Forced Assembly

laquo Wet raquo

SupramolecularChemistry (SMC)

Self-Assembly

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 8: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

MNT - Forced Assembly

ScanningTunnelingMicroscope

MechanicalManipulator

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 9: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

C12E5

OilWater

SMC - NANOPHASES

in a Self-Assembling System

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 10: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Nanotechnologies for

Reservoir Engineering

laquo MNT raquo

Forced Assembly

laquo SMC raquo

Trigger

Self-Assembly

in a Nanosystem

ControlInitiate

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 11: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Content of С12Е5 1000

0

100Te

mpe

ratu

re ordmС

ККМ КР

T ndash C Diagram of Nanophase Boundaries in a Self-Assembling System

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 12: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

In this Presentation we Report the Resultsof Our Long-Term Research

and of Literature Analysis

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 13: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS -Important properties

of native crudesare determined by

SELF-ASSEMBLINGNANOPHASES

Native crude oils arelaquo association nanofluids raquo

hence they are natural objects ofSMC NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 14: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Self-Assembling Constituents of Petroleum NANOPHASES

Asphaltenes naphthenic acids

resins waxes diamondoilds

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 15: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Images from Website FACT (Fouling and Coking Technology Inc)

The well-known phase transformation ndashprecipitation into a microscopic solid phase

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 16: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

We have constructedthe FIRST

T-C phase diagramfor NANOPHASES

of petroleum asphaltenessuspended in a fluid media

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 17: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

120

20 40 60 80 100

90

60

30

0

Asphaltene Content gL

Plas

tic V

isco

sity

mPaс

Identification of CONCENTRATION phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 18: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

n

10 20 30

095

100

105

Temperature ordmС

τ = τk + KγnHerschelndashBulkley

Evdokimov I N Eliseev N Yu Eliseev D YuJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 30(3-4) 199-211 2001

Abrupt change

of measured

properties

at

a phase boundary

Identification of TEMPERATURE phase boundaries at the T-C diagram

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 19: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Т-С diagram of asphaltene nanophases

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 20: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Expected Skepticism

All these nice - lookinglaboratory exercises with ldquoNANOPHASESrdquo

have little relevance to honestindustrial reservoir fluidshellip

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 21: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Worldrsquos Crudes ViscosityEvdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 22: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 23: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

095

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

22 3a3a

3b3b

44 55

090

085

080

100

Evdokimov I N Fuel 84(1) 13-28 2005

Worldrsquos Crudes Specific Gravity

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 24: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content

Tem

pera

ture

ordmС

CrudesCrudes

CondensatesSolutions Crudes

Heavy fuels

Bitum

ensM

onom

ers

Olig

omer

s

Poly

amor

phic

nano

collo

ids

Solid

asp

halte

nes

MeltingDecomposition

А

В

С

1 23а

3b

4 5

1 10 100 10 1 100 1000 mgL gL

1

10

100

500

α

β

γ

Nanophase Diagram

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 25: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content gL01 1 10 100

Oil

Spec

ific

Gra

vity

090

080

100

Limited Database (20 Worldrsquos Crudes)

3a3a 44

55

http tiggeruicedu ~mansoori AsphalteneDepositionandItsControl_html

22

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 26: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

EMERGINGPETROLEUM

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

First of all these are conventional technologies

for reservoir engineeringoptimized with an account for

nanophase diagramsof intrinsic petroleum nanocolloids

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 27: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

CONCENTRATION

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 28: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

favorable effect

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 29: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Asphaltene Content gL001 01 1 10 100

1

10

100

Oil

Visc

osity

сSt

22

3a3a3b3b

4455

Blending of Crudes -

unfavorable effect

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 30: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Industrial Processesin the vicinity of

TEMPERATURE

NANOPHASE boundaries

EMERGINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 31: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

10 30 50 70

- 40

- 20

0

20

Pour

Poi

nt ordmС

Pre-treatment Temperature ordmС

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Strong increase

of pour point

in a Tatarstancrude

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 32: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

30 40 20 Temperature ordmС

Dep

osite

d M

ass

Long-term

increase of

deposits

from

a Siberian crude

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 33: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

BOTTOM

TOP

20 30 35 25 40 Tempetrature ordmС

1460

1462

1464

Ref

ract

ive

Inde

x

Yuzhno-Tarasovskaja

crude

Room-temperatureldquodistillationrdquo

Thermal treatment close to NANOPHASE boundary

Gravitation ndashinduced

separation

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 34: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

(M-r JOURDAIN) Well what do youknow about that These forty years now Ive been speaking in prose withoutknowing it How grateful am I to you forteaching me that

Jean - Batist Moliere

laquoThe Bourgeois Gentlemanraquo

EXISTINGPETROLEUM NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 35: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Zhujko P VDEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR

CONTROLLING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIESOF ANOMALOUS CRUDES- thesis (Doctor Tech Sci)

Ukhta 2003г

Technical documentation of NANOTECHNOLOGY

The STANDARD by Head Office of Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines ldquoTemporary regulations for exploitation of oil trunk pipeline ldquoUsa-Ukhta hellip

Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

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Traditional technology of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-90 0С and cool downto до transport temperature ( 0 0С)

with a rate lt 20 0С per hour

Oil pipeline ≪Usa-Ukhta≫with a capacity of 18 bln tons year

Required volumeof storage tanks

100 000 tons

NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

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NANOTECHNOLOGY of thermal treatment- heat up to 80-900С and cool down

with a rate lt 20 0С per hourto the temperature NANOPHASE boundary

at 35 ndash 40 оС Subsequent cooling ndashwith an arbitrary rate

Storage tanksmay be reducedto 40 000 tonsor liquidated

NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

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NANO ndash resemblingphase transformations

in petroleum-based fluids

NATIVEWATER -INndash OIL

DISPERSIONS EMULSIONS

dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

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dTdt is inversely related to specific heat hence to phase structure of WO emulsion

20

15

10

05

0 04 06 02 10

Water Cut

Initi

al H

eatin

g Rat

e d

T

dt

08

Percolation BicontinuousPhase

Phenomena common in true NANOPHASES

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 40: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

15 water 20 water

25 water

Percolating clustersof

water droplets

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 41: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

ldquoNANOTECHNOLOGYrdquo ndash perform thermal demulsification at specific water cuts

8

6

4

2 0 04 06 02

Water Cut

Dem

ulsi

ficat

ion

Effic

ienc

y a

u

08

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 42: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

IN Evdokimov - Professor

NYu Eliseev - Docent

AP Losev ndash MEng student

MA Novikov ndash MEng student

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

httpeeegubkinruphysexpgubkinru

THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 43: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

ANYQUESTIONS

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 44: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

APPENDIX

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 45: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

2-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Bubble pointline

Liquid Vapour

Vapour0

Dew pointline

1020

40

2-phase Region

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200Temperature (

oC)

Pres

sure

(psi

a)

Critical Point

Dew Point RegionBubble Point Region

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 46: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Path of Production at 2-Phase Diagram

Temperature

Pres

sure

Initial Reservoir Conditions

CP

Path of Production

Separator Conditions

75

5025

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 47: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

3-Phase Diagram of Oil Reservoir

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES

Page 48: Emerging Petroleum-Oriented Nanotechnologies for Reservoir ...

Phase Diagrams of Oil Reservoirsand Proper Production Paths

Taking into AccountMultiple NANOPHASES