System and Method for Recycling Miscible NGLs for Oil Recovery

Efficient and economical systems and processes described strive to minimize the amount of NGLs and gas purchased, by recycling and reusing the gas and NGLs from producing wells on site for enhanced oil recovery. The EOR fluid is maintained in the liquid phase, greatly reducing the cost and energy co...

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Hauptverfasser: Hotton, Kevin D, Aronoff, Eyal Mordechai, Sargsyan, Gevorg Noland
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Efficient and economical systems and processes described strive to minimize the amount of NGLs and gas purchased, by recycling and reusing the gas and NGLs from producing wells on site for enhanced oil recovery. The EOR fluid is maintained in the liquid phase, greatly reducing the cost and energy consumption of the EOR injection equipment needed. The processes and systems described avoid or significantly decrease the need to purchase NGLs and truck them to the site for EOR, avoid large amounts of compression work, and use refrigeration equipment as an option for improved equipment performance only when desired. Systems and processes use a one-step approach to separate and stabilize the crude from the produced water, the NGLs and the natural gas, reducing the complexity associated with oil production surface infrastructure and eliminating the vast majority of the fugitive emissions associated with current state-of-the-art oil production.