THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELD ON THE DESTRUCTION PETROLEUM EMULSION

Abstract

One of the main problems of the technology of oil extraction at the Supsa field includes oil emulsions and their demulsification. Emulsions are formed in different areas of the oil well operation: in the process of pumping water into the oil well to maintain reservoir pressure, the emulsion is formed in the bottomhole zone, in oil pipelines, and not in the productive zone. The stability of such an emulsion depends on the content of its own emulators in the reservoir oil: naphthenes, SAS-es, paraffin, resins. The greater the salinity of the formation water, the more stable the emulsion. The emergence of stable emulsions is associated with the turbulent movement of air and liquid. Therefore, the extracted petroleum needs to be pretreated to a state of production for further transportation and processing.
The article shows the effectiveness of the influence of the magnetic field on the process of destruction of the oil emulsion, which forms in the extraction of oil from the Supsa field. The results of the process of the demulsification of crude oil under the influence of a magnetic field with low and high frequencies (Hertz) and in the presence of the demulsifier Alkan De 202 are presented.