Improving the performance of brine wells at Gulf Coast strategic petroleum reserve sites
- eds.
At the request of the Department of Energy, field techniques were developed to evaluate and improve the injection of brine into wells at Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) sites. These wells are necessary for the disposal of saturated brine removed from salt domes where oil is being stored. The wells, which were accepting brine at 50 percent or less of their initial design rates, were impaired by saturated brine containing particulates that deposited on the sand face and in the geologic formation next to the wellbore. Corrosion of the brine-disposal pipelines and injection wells contributed to the impairment by adding significant amounts of particulates in the form of corrosion products. When tests were implemented at the SPR sites, it was found that the poor quality of injected brines was the primary cause of impaired injection; that granular-media filtration, when used with chemical pretreatment, is an effective method for removing particulates from hypersaline brine; that satisfactory injection-well performance can be attained with prefiltered brines; and that corrosion rates can be substantially reduced by oxygen-scavenging.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5328278
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-52829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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02 PETROLEUM
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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BRINES
CAVITIES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CORROSION
FILTRATION
FLUID FLOW
GULF COAST
Geothermal Legacy
IMPURITIES
INJECTION
INTAKE
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICLES
PIPELINES
REMOVAL
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT CAVERNS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WELLS
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150904 -- Geothermal Engineering-- Geothermal Reservoir & Well Performance
BRINES
CAVITIES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CORROSION
FILTRATION
FLUID FLOW
GULF COAST
Geothermal Legacy
IMPURITIES
INJECTION
INTAKE
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICLES
PIPELINES
REMOVAL
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT CAVERNS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WELLS