Title

Hydrogen Sulfide Absorption Phenomena in Brine/Oil Mixtures

Authors

Authors

L. Zea; D. Cooper;R. Kumar

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Spe J.

Keywords

OIL-RESERVOIRS; BACTERIA; SYSTEM; Engineering, Petroleum

Abstract

Brine and oil absorb hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) under pressure in the underground oil reservoir and then undergo a decompression during the extraction process, during which a certain amount of H(2)S is released from the liquid phase. This paper reports experimental data on how much of the corrosive gas is absorbed into different brine/oil mixtures [0, 33, 66, and 100% water cuts (WCs)]. Different reservoir-simulation scenarios were created at 20 and 70 atm at room temperature. H(2)S gas concentration was varied as tests were conducted with 50, 100, and 300 ppm in nitrogen. These experiments took place in an autoclave system that simulates the hydrostatic process that occurs inside a reservoir. This paper also reports Henry's law constants for H(2)S in different WCs. It is found that for all WCs, total pressure plays only a minor role in the absorption phenomena when the initial H(2)S concentration is increased. In addition, the highest mass-absorption ratios are found at lower H(2)S concentrations.

Journal Title

Spe Journal

Volume

16

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

931

Last Page

939

WOS Identifier

WOS:000298574600017

ISSN

1086-055X

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