Abstract

ABSTRACTDuring microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) processes, the interaction between injection water (IW) and formation water (FW) salinity causes in-situ salinity variation which affects the final oil recovery. The present study explicitly quantifies the Original Oil in Place (OOIP) recovered for different IW and FW salinity conditions through numerical simulation. Based on simulation results, user-friendly empirical correlations were deduced to quickly estimate the OOIP. The results suggest that the OOIP increases drastically in all reservoirs with any initial FW salinity as the adopted salinity of IW is lowered. The study would serve as a tool for making reservoir management decisions.

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