Measurement of the Rheology of Crude Oil in Equilibrium with CO2 at Reservoir Conditions.
Author(s)
Hu, R
Crawshaw, J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A rheometer system to measure the rheology of crude oil in equilibrium with carbon dioxide (CO2) at high temperatures and pressures is described. The system comprises a high-pressure rheometer which is connected to a circulation loop. The rheometer has a rotational flow-through measurement cell with two alternative geometries: coaxial cylinder and double gap. The circulation loop contains a mixer, to bring the crude oil sample into equilibrium with CO2, and a gear pump that transports the mixture from the mixer to the rheometer and recycles it back to the mixer. The CO2 and crude oil are brought to equilibrium by stirring and circulation and the rheology of the saturated mixture is measured by the rheometer. The system is used to measure the rheological properties of Zuata crude oil (and its toluene dilution) in equilibrium with CO2 at elevated pressures up to 220 bar and a temperature of 50 °C. The results show that CO2 addition changes the oil rheology significantly, initially reducing the viscosity as the CO2 pressure is increased and then increasing the viscosity above a threshold pressure. The non-Newtonian response of the crude is also seen to change with the addition of CO2.
Date Issued
2017-06-06
Date Acceptance
2017-06-01
Citation
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017, 124
ISSN
1940-087X
Publisher
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Visualized Experiments
Volume
124
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Author(s). This article is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
Sponsor
Qatar Shell Research and Technology Center QSTP LLC
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28654035
Grant Number
490000724
Publication Status
Published online
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
e55749