Title: Polymeric flocculants: agglomerate investigation of fines and sand particles at multiphase flow

Authors: Noor 'Aliaa Amira M. Fauzi; Tarek Ganat; Khaled Abdalla Elraies; Suzalina Zainal; Najeebullah Lashari; Wasan Saphanuchart; Tushar Sharma

Addresses: PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd., 43000 Kajang Selengor, Malaysia; Department of Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia ' Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoudh, Muscat 123, Oman ' Department of Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia ' PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd., 43000 Kajang Selengor, Malaysia ' Department of Petroleum Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia ' PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd., 43000 Kajang Selengor, Malaysia ' Department of Petroleum Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India

Abstract: For oil engineers, sand production control is one of the most important issues due to the present global oil price situation. Solids are prevented from being transported by capturing fines and sand within the separator. Particle size was determined by evaluating polymers in terms of performance, rheology, and compatibility. In this work, the main objective is to reduce fines and sand transfers that cause significant surface equipment issues and to evaluate the agglomeration effectiveness of two types of sand, sand samples A and B. Adsorption effectiveness determines the newest chemical formulation. The experiments made were on sand, fluid, polymer, and agglomeration performance (bottle tests and dynamic flow tests). A combo-polymeric system (high aggregation at 1% KCl and 100 mg/L combo-polymer mixture) shows rapid agglomeration. [Received: August 10, 2021; Accepted: February 05, 2022]

Keywords: agglomeration; chemical; hydrocarbon; polymer; sand; viscosity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2022.126827

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2022 Vol.31 No.4, pp.333 - 361

Received: 09 Aug 2021
Accepted: 05 Feb 2022
Published online: 08 Nov 2022 *

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