Sasa Aulia
Department of Nuclear and Physics Engineering of Gadjah Mada University

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Compressing Natural Gas - Carbon Capture - EOR (CAGAR) Innovation: Cost Effective Sustainable Flare Gas Utilization to Boost Oil Production Sasa Aulia
International Journal of Regional Innovation Vol. 2 No. 4 (2022): International Journal of Regional Innovation
Publisher : Inovbook Publications

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52000/ijori.v2i4.57

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Drilling natural gas (CNG) is a promising environmentally friendly gasoline substitute. It is produced at a reasonable price. Flaring, on the other hand, emits 300 million tons of CO2 into the environment wasting vital energy resources. As a result, rather than releasing CO2 into the atmosphere, it is used to boost oil production as a CO2 EOR to fulfill global oil demand that continues to rise. To achieve a sustainable oil and gas production by reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG) through flaring reduction innovations comprising gas purification and carbon capture that utilizes the associated gas as a viable compressed natural gas (CNG) and enhanced the oil recovery. Natural gas linked with crude oil (CH4 dominated) is processed in two units. The first one is a gas purification unit where natural gas is purified in compressor, Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU), dehydration unit, and hydrocarbon recovery producing viable CNG. In the flaring unit gas is burned converting the CH4 to CO2. Flared gas is captured in a Carbon Capture Storage (CCS). Furthermore, CO2 is centralized in the EOR-System to be injected into the reservoir as CO2-EOR by interacting with oil causing oil to swell and reduce its viscosity leading to oil flow easier through the pores. This research elucidates that CAGAR could produce 2,970 mmbtu/d of CNG. Beside producing profitable products, CAGAR also boosted oil production by adding an extra 21,369.6 bbl/d oil recovery. According to the results, the production of the CAGAR method of flare gas utilization is the most economical technology with an annual sales from oil recovery and CNG of 455,768,373 USD so that CAGAR get a profit before tax of 248,288,632.81 USD and a profit after tax of 207,479,740.57 USD with a parameter calculation is a positive NPV, IRR of 30.26% including the cash flow and present value start to be positive in the 3rd year when the system starts operating. CAGAR has a payback period of 2.7 years. Technical and economic analysis shows there improved oil recovery and improved environmental protection. So it can be concluded that CAGAR has good prospects and deserves to be implemented.
Integrated Ultra Low Invasion–Nanoparticles Drilling Fluid (ULIN): Drilling Additives with Low Environmental Impact as Innovation to Solve Common Drilling Issues Sasa Aulia
International Journal of Regional Innovation Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022): International Journal of Regional Innovation
Publisher : Inovbook Publications

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52000/ijori.v2i3.58

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Drilling issues is extremely costly and a smart additives selection could be one of the ways to cope with these issues. Integrated Ultra Low Invasion–Nanoparticles Drilling Fluid (ULIN) purpose to overcome common drilling problems such as formation instability, differential sticking, lost circulation, and clay swelling by minimizing the invasion through environmentally safe drilling fluid additives. Ultra Low-Invasion produces a thin, deformable, yet robust shield that serves as the foundation for a low-permeability barrier at the formation's face, temporarily sealing pore throats. This seal forms after only a few seconds of invasion and has been demonstrated in laboratory experiments to be exceedingly effective at essentially inhibiting future fluid invasion or pressure transmission. On the other hand, nanoparticles drilling fluid inhibiting shales by either plugging pore in shales, viscosifying water in drilling fluids, and or osmotically dehydrating shales. It has a very high surface area to volume ratio resulting in improved physical and chemical sensitivity, boosting their performance efficiency. ULIN has exceeded the original oil production with an additional 1,800 BOPD produced by 11 wells. It also reduces the formation damage up to 93% from 64.3% to 4.5% in Naricual Formation. ULIN is safe for the environment while it can inhibit the reactive montmorillonite shales, declining rheology dropping back, controlling fluid loss amount and lubricity enhancement. Parameter of the feasibility of establishing a factory using economic analysis with an annual sales of 37,449,000 USD, and ULIN get a profit before tax of 23,108,266.89 USD and a profit after tax of 14,340,733.11 USD with a parameter calculation is a positive NPV, IRR of 40.01% including the cash flow and present value start to be positive in the 3rd year when the system starts operating. ULIN has a payback period of 4.3 years. From the result of the analysis, it can be concluded that ULIN has good prospects and deserves to be implemented.