Preparation of illite coated geomaterial microfluidic surfaces: Effect of salinity and heat treatment

Bhattacherjee, Rupom; Bikkina, Prem K.

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110805

Preparation of illite coated geomaterial microfluidic surfaces: Effect of salinity and heat treatment

Journal Article · Sat Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110805· OSTI ID:1977545

Bhattacherjee, Rupom ^[1]; Bikkina, Prem K. ^[1]

Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)

Unique characteristics of clay (e.g., high surface area, deficiency in positive charges) make any clay abundant shales a good source of adsorbed gas. However, the presence of clay in porous media can also affect shale rock's producibility. The clay-water interaction can cause significant swelling and fines migration in the formation and impair the overall hydrocarbon recovery from shale. Geomaterial micromodels, developed by functionalizing traditional glass or PDMS surfaces with geomaterials (e.g., calcite, Quartz, clay), can represent the physicochemical properties of the natural porous media and have been used during the last few years to understand and evaluate the solid-fluid physicochemical interactions. Here, this study focuses on developing a clay-coated geomaterial surface and investigates the effect of base fluid's salinity on clay adsorption to the glass surface. Glass capillary tubes and straight channel borosilicate glass micromodels are coated with Illite clay to represent the pore-scale clay chemistry of Caney Shale, a Mississippian unconventional play in Southern Oklahoma, USA. 10 wt% of Illite clay slurries made with brines of four different salinities are used to coat the glass-capillary tubes to understand the effect of salinity in clay adsorption on the glass surface and overall coating quality. To achieve a stable coating and evaluate the impact of heat treatment on coating's stability, straight channel glass flow cells coated with Illite clay are heat-treated at low (25 °C) and high temperature (125 °C), and the results are compared with an untreated coated surface. Flooding tests were carried out with brines of different salinities on the coated surface to evaluate the stability of the coating. The experimental results indicated a strong relationship between the brine's salinity and the adsorption of clay particles on the glass surface. An increase in brine concentration resulted in improved adsorption of clay particles on the glass surface. Experiments involving heat treating the glass surface following the coating demonstrated significant improvement in the stability of the coating.

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Research Organization:: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031776

OSTI ID:: 1977545

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2997524

Journal Information:: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Vol. 216; ISSN 0920-4105

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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