Lunch and Learn: Fluid-Clay Compatibility Tests for Wyoming Oil Reservoirs

The Wyoming Technology Business Center

Topic: Fluid-Clay Compatibility Tests for Wyoming Oil Reservoirs

Lunch & Learn on April 18, 2019 will feature Morteza Dejam & Saheed Olawale Olayiwola from the Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wyoming.

Join us from 11:30am-1pm on Thursday, April 18th at the Bighorn Conference Room (#113)
Wyoming Technology Business Center (WBTC)
2435 King Blvd, Casper, WY 82604
(Note: This building is home to EORI & is just west of the WY Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Building)

There is no charge for this event, but registration is required as space is limited. After registration, a confirmation email will be sent. Lunch will be provided. Make sure to advise us if you have dietary restrictions. 

• Sponsored by the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute

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Presentation Summary:

Incompatibility between fluid (especially water) and clay can create significant reactions that may damage the reservoir permeability permanently due to the clay swelling. In order to avoid this issue, the fluid-clay compatibility test is conducted before the fluid injection into the reservoir. This test is in fact a series of tests performed to check that no undesirable reactions occur when a certain fluid is in contact with (or flows through) a core sample of the reservoir rock (including clay minerals). It is true that the fluid-clay compatibility test is very old; however, it still remains as a highly controversial topic in both academia and industry. Therefore, a project is defined here in order to experimentally address the compatibility between different fluids and a core sample of a specific oil reservoir in the state of Wyoming. It is worth mentioning that the outcomes of this study can significantly impact the decisions making with regards to large scale implementation of waterflooding in Wyoming oil reservoirs.