A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing

Stimulation of sandstone formations is a challenging task, which involves several chemicals and physical interactions of the acid with the formation. Some of these reactions may result in formation damage. Matrix acidizing may also be used to increase formation permeability in undamaged wells. Mud a...

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Main Authors: Shafiq, M.U., Kyaw, A., Shuker, M.T.
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spelling utp-eprints.327322022-03-30T01:05:20Z A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing Shafiq, M.U. Kyaw, A. Shuker, M.T. Stimulation of sandstone formations is a challenging task, which involves several chemicals and physical interactions of the acid with the formation. Some of these reactions may result in formation damage. Matrix acidizing may also be used to increase formation permeability in undamaged wells. Mud acid has been successfully used to stimulate sandstone reservoirs for a number of years. It is a mixture of hydrofluoric (HF) and hydrochloric (HCl) acids designed to dissolve clays and siliceous fines accumulated in the near-wellbore region. For any acidizing process, the selection of acid (Formulation and Concentration) and the design (Pre-flush, Main Acid, After-flush) is very important. Different researchers are using different combinations of acids with different concentrations to get the best results for acidization. Mainly the common practice is combination of Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid with Concentration (3 HF - 12 HCl). This paper presents the results of a laboratory investigation of orthophosphoric acid instead of hydrochloric acid in one combination and the second combination is fluoboric and formic acid and the third one is formic and hydrofluoric acid on undamaged low permeable sandstone formation. The results are compared with the mud acid and the results analyzed are permeability, color change and FESEM Analysis. All of these new combinations show that these have the potential to be used as acidizing acids in sandstone formations. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. 2013 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84886244904&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.787.274&partnerID=40&md5=683b97d0de88c9254ba586b1e9fb1976 Shafiq, M.U. and Kyaw, A. and Shuker, M.T. (2013) A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing. Advanced Materials Research, 787 . pp. 274-280. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32732/
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description Stimulation of sandstone formations is a challenging task, which involves several chemicals and physical interactions of the acid with the formation. Some of these reactions may result in formation damage. Matrix acidizing may also be used to increase formation permeability in undamaged wells. Mud acid has been successfully used to stimulate sandstone reservoirs for a number of years. It is a mixture of hydrofluoric (HF) and hydrochloric (HCl) acids designed to dissolve clays and siliceous fines accumulated in the near-wellbore region. For any acidizing process, the selection of acid (Formulation and Concentration) and the design (Pre-flush, Main Acid, After-flush) is very important. Different researchers are using different combinations of acids with different concentrations to get the best results for acidization. Mainly the common practice is combination of Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrofluoric Acid with Concentration (3 HF - 12 HCl). This paper presents the results of a laboratory investigation of orthophosphoric acid instead of hydrochloric acid in one combination and the second combination is fluoboric and formic acid and the third one is formic and hydrofluoric acid on undamaged low permeable sandstone formation. The results are compared with the mud acid and the results analyzed are permeability, color change and FESEM Analysis. All of these new combinations show that these have the potential to be used as acidizing acids in sandstone formations. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
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author Shafiq, M.U.
Kyaw, A.
Shuker, M.T.
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Kyaw, A.
Shuker, M.T.
A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing
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title_short A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing
title_full A comprehensive research to find suitable acid for sandstone acidizing
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