Abstract
According to the problems of high viscosity, poor liquidity and difficulties in exploitation and transportation of Henan extra-heavy oil, the research on reducing viscosity of extra-heavy oil in Henan oilfield by emulsifying was carried out. The optimized composite reducing viscosity agent F2 comprised main agent RA-1, stabilizer ?polyacrylamide and additive alkali at the mass ratio of 1:0.25:0.36. When the dosage of the F2 was 0.483% in the emulsion and the oil to water mass ratio was 7:3, the stable O/W emulsion was obtained at the temperature of 70℃. At the temperature of 50℃, after emulsified, the viscosity of the extra-heavy oil (240 Pa·s) could reduce to 42.8 mPa·s(50℃), and the viscosity reducing rate was up to 99.98%. In addition, the mechanism of viscosity reduction by emulsifying was studied.