Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology

The maturing oil fields with increasing water production can pose a challenging produced water handling and disposal issues. This paper presents a numerical study of a motorless hydrocyclone to enhance understanding of the downhole oil-water separation. The turbulence of fluid flow is obtained using...

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Main Authors: Yin, K.Y., Al-Kayiem, H.H., Pao, W.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: EDP Sciences 2014
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spelling utp-eprints.322902022-03-29T04:32:31Z Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology Yin, K.Y. Al-Kayiem, H.H. Pao, W. The maturing oil fields with increasing water production can pose a challenging produced water handling and disposal issues. This paper presents a numerical study of a motorless hydrocyclone to enhance understanding of the downhole oil-water separation. The turbulence of fluid flow is obtained using K-ε Realizable Turbulence model for complex swirl dominated flow, while the interface between hydrocarbon and water is described using the Discrete Phase model. In this approach, factors which contribute to the hydrocyclone separation instability were discussed. Discussion is then extended to the relationship of residence time with pressure difference between overflow and underflow. These pressure differences are able to relate to pressure condition for high water cut well which require downhole separation. © 2014 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences. EDP Sciences 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904965136&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f20141302029&partnerID=40&md5=8bb6c07af3cdc644b788a20ac56f152b Yin, K.Y. and Al-Kayiem, H.H. and Pao, W. (2014) Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32290/
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description The maturing oil fields with increasing water production can pose a challenging produced water handling and disposal issues. This paper presents a numerical study of a motorless hydrocyclone to enhance understanding of the downhole oil-water separation. The turbulence of fluid flow is obtained using K-ε Realizable Turbulence model for complex swirl dominated flow, while the interface between hydrocarbon and water is described using the Discrete Phase model. In this approach, factors which contribute to the hydrocyclone separation instability were discussed. Discussion is then extended to the relationship of residence time with pressure difference between overflow and underflow. These pressure differences are able to relate to pressure condition for high water cut well which require downhole separation. © 2014 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yin, K.Y.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Pao, W.
spellingShingle Yin, K.Y.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Pao, W.
Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
author_sort Yin, K.Y.
title Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
title_short Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
title_full Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
title_fullStr Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
title_full_unstemmed Numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
title_sort numerical study of water control with downhole oil-water separation technology
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