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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2024, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 795-802.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2024.07.006

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Study on the emulsion-breaking performance of cross-linked polyether demulsifiers for the emulsion produced by surfactant/polymer flooding in Shengli oilfield

Limei Sun1,Haifeng He2,Shenfa An1,Zhiyong Luan1,Peng Sun3,Yang Wang1,Feng Yan4,*()   

  1. 1. Petroleum Engineering and Technology Institute of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
    2. Gudong Oil Production Plant of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
    3. Haiyang Oil Production Plant of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandon 257000, China
    4. School of Chemistry, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
  • Received:2023-08-14 Revised:2024-06-28 Online:2024-07-22 Published:2024-07-26
  • Contact: *E-mail: yanfeng@tiangong.edu.cn.

Abstract:

In view of the difficulties in breaking the emulsion produced by surfactant/polymer flooding in Shengli oilfield, the cross-linked polyether demulsifiers D-BP, D-TA and D-PA were prepared by cross-linking polyether demulsifiers with dewatering function for water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion and polyether demulsifier with oil-removal function for oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion. The interfacial activities of the three cross-linked polyether demulsifiers were investigated. Their effects on the oil-water interfacial film of emulsions were examined, and their emulsion-breaking effects on W/O and O/W emulsions were explored. The results showed that among the three cross-linked polyether demulsifiers, D-PA with hyperbranched structure had the strongest adsorption at the oil-water interface and showed the highest interfacial activity. D-PA had the greatest effect on the oil-water interfacial film formed by the kerosene-diluted crude oil and produced water. The new film formed after D-PA adsorption at the oil-water interface had the lowest interfacial dilatational modulus. The dewatering rate of W/O emulsion by D-PA was 94.4%, and the oil removal rate for O/W emulsion from the same oilfield reached 98.1%. More importantly, the D-PA demulsifier was capable of simultaneously treating complex emulsions containing W/O and O/W types. The comprehensive dewatering rate by D-PA for the emulsion produced by surfactant/polymer flooding containing W/O and O/W was above 98%, and the oil content of the effluent after treated was less than 30 mg/L. The retention rate of polymer (HPAM) reached 94.8%, and the oil-water interface was neat and without emulsified intermediate layer.

Key words: produced liquid of surfactant/polymer flooding, cross-linked polyether demulsifier, emulsion breaking, polymer

CLC Number: 

  • TE357.6