scholarly journals Effects of petroleum-reservoir conditions on oil recovery by carbon dioxide injection

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Comberiati ◽  
A.M. Zammerilli
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Petroleum Reservoir ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

A Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Ethanol-Treated Carbon Dioxide Injection on Oil Recovery and Carbon Dioxide Storage

SPE Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Saira ◽  
Emmanuel Ajoma ◽  
Furqan Le-Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Molar Fraction ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Treated Carbon ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2 ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Experimental Runs

Summary Carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced oil recovery is the most economical technique for carbon capture, usage, and storage. In depleted reservoirs, full or near-miscibility of injected CO2 with oil is difficult to achieve, and immiscible CO2 injection leaves a large volume of oil behind and limits available pore volume (PV) for storing CO2. In this paper, we present an experimental study to delineate the effect of ethanol-treated CO2 injection on oil recovery, net CO2 stored, and amount of ethanol left in the reservoir. We inject CO2 and ethanol-treated CO2 into Bentheimer Sandstone cores representing reservoirs. The oil phase consists of a mixture of 0.65 hexane and 0.35 decane (C6-C10 mixture) by molar fraction in one set of experimental runs, and pure decane (C10) in the other set of experimental runs. All experimental runs are conducted at constant temperature 70°C and various pressures to exhibit immiscibility (9.0 MPa for the C6-C10 mixture and 9.6 MPa for pure C10) or near-miscibility (11.7 MPa for the C6-C10 mixture and 12.1 MPa for pure C10). Pressure differences across the core, oil recovery, and compositions and rates of the produced fluids are recorded during the experimental runs. Ultimate oil recovery under immiscibility is found to be 9 to 15% greater using ethanol-treated CO2 injection than that using pure CO2 injection. Net CO2 stored for pure C10 under immiscibility is found to be 0.134 PV greater during ethanol-treated CO2 injection than during pure CO2 injection. For the C6-C10 mixture under immiscibility, both ethanol-treated CO2 injection and CO2 injection yield the same net CO2 stored. However, for the C6-C10 mixture under near-miscibility,ethanol-treated CO2 injection is found to yield 0.161 PV less net CO2 stored than does pure CO2 injection. These results suggest potential improvement in oil recovery and net CO2 stored using ethanol-treated CO2 injection instead of pure CO2 injection. If economically viable, ethanol-treated CO2 injection could be used as a carbon capture, usage, and storage method in low-pressure reservoirs, for which pure CO2 injection would be infeasible.

scholarly journals Laboratory Studies of Carboniferous Reservoirs of High-Viscosity Oil Fields Using Carbondioxide

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-385
Author(s):  
Stanislav A. Kalinin ◽  
◽  
Oleg A. Morozyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Heat Carrier ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Matrix Blocks ◽  
High Viscosity Oil

It is of current concern for the Permian-Carboniferous reservior of the Usinskoye field to develop low-permeable matrix blocks of carboniferous reservoirs, which contain major reserves of high-viscosity oil. To increase effectiveness of the currently used thermal oil recovery methods, the authors suggest using carbon dioxide as a reservoir stimulation agent. Due to a high mobility in its supercritical condition, СО2 is, theoretically, able to penetrate matrix blocks, dissolve in oil and, additionally, decrease its viscosity. Thus, СО2 applications together with a heat carrier could increase effectiveness of the high-viscosity oil recoveries and improve production parameters of the Permian-Carboniferous reservior of the Usinskoye field. During carbon dioxide injections, including combinations with various agents, some additional oil production is possible due to certain factors. Determination of the influencing factors and detection of the most critical ones is possible in laboratory tests. So, laboratory studies entail the key stage in justification of the technology effectiveness. The paper deals with describing the laboratory facilities and methodologies based on reviews of the best world practice and previous laboratory researches. These aim at evaluating effectiveness of thermal, gas and combined oil recovery enhancement methods. In particular, the authors explore experimental facilities and propose methodology to perform integrated researches of the combined heat carrier and carbon dioxide injection technology to justify the effective super-viscous oil recovery method.

Self-gasified biosystems for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150274
Author(s):  
B. A. Suleimanov ◽  
S. J. Rzayeva ◽  
U. T. Akhmedova
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Heterogeneous Porous Medium ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Subcritical Region ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

Microbial enhanced oil recovery is considered to be one of the most promising methods of stimulating formation, contributing to a higher level of oil production from long-term fields. The injection of bioreagents into a reservoir results in the creation of oil-displacing agents along with a significant amount of gases, mainly carbon dioxide. Earlier, the authors failed to study the preparation of self-gasified biosystems and the implementation of the subcritical region (SR) under reservoir conditions. Gasified systems in the subcritical phase have better oil-displacing properties than nongasified systems. In a heterogeneous porous medium, the filtration profile of gasified liquids in the SR should be more uniform than for a degassed liquid. Based on experimental studies, the superior efficiency of oil displacement by gasified biosystems compared with degassed ones has been demonstrated. The possibility of efficient use of gasified hybrid biopolymer systems has been shown.

scholarly journals An experimental investigation of asphaltene stability in heavy crude oil during carbon dioxide injection

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 919-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherif Fakher ◽  
Mohamed Ahdaya ◽  
Mukhtar Elturki ◽  
Abdulmohsin Imqam
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Pore Size ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Asphaltene Precipitation ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Membrane Pore ◽  
Pore Sizes ◽  
Filter Membrane

Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection is one of the most applied enhanced oil recovery methods in the hydrocarbon industry, since it has the potential to increase oil recovery significantly and can help reduce greenhouse gases through carbon storage in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Carbon dioxide injection has a severe drawback, however, since it induces asphaltene precipitation by disrupting the asphaltene stability in crude oil that bears even the slightest asphaltene concentration. This can result in severe operational problems, such as reservoir pore plugging and wellbore plugging. This research investigates some of the main factors that impact asphaltene stability in crude oil during CO2 injection. Initially, asphaltene precipitation, flocculation, and deposition were tested using visual tests without CO2 in order to evaluate the effect of oil viscosity and temperature on asphaltene stability and content in the crude oil. The results obtained from the visualization experiments were correlated to the Yen–Mullins asphaltene model and were used to select the proper chemical to alter the oil’s viscosity without strongly affecting asphaltene stability. After performing the visual asphaltene tests, a specially designed filtration vessel was used to perform the oil filtration experiments using filter membranes with a micron and nanometer pore size. The effect of varying CO2 injection pressure, oil viscosity, filter membrane pore size, and filter membrane thickness on asphaltene stability in crude oil was investigated. The results were then correlated with the Yen–Mullins asphaltene model to characterize the asphaltene size within the oil as well. Results showed that as the oil viscosity increased, the asphaltene concentration in the oil also increased. Also, the asphaltene concentration and filter cake thickness increased with the decrease in filter membrane pore size, since the asphaltene particles either plugged up the smaller pores, or the asphaltene nanoaggregates were larger than the pore sizes, and thus the majority of them could not pass. This research studies asphaltene instability in crude oil during CO2 injection in different pore sizes, and correlates the results to the principle of the Yen–Mullins model for asphaltenes. The results from this research can help emphasize the factors that will impact asphaltene stability during CO2 injection in different pore sizes in order to help reduce asphaltene-related problems that arise during CO2 injection in hydrocarbon reservoirs.

The Effect of Phase Equilibria on the CO2 Displacement Mechanism

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 242-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Metcalfe ◽  
Lyman Yarborough
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Phase Equilibria ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Miscible Displacement ◽  
Co2 Flooding ◽  
Recovery Method ◽  
Two Fluids ◽  
Reservoir Conditions

Abstract Carbon dioxide flooding under miscible conditions is being developed as a major process for enhanced oil recovery. This paper presents results of research studies to increase our understanding of the multiple-contact miscible displacement mechanism for CO2 flooding. Carbon dioxide displacements of three synthetic oils of increasing complexity (increasing number of hydrocarbon components) are described. The paper concentrates on results of laboratory flow studies, but uses results of phase-equilibria and numerical studies to support the conclusions.Results from studies with synthetic oils show that at least two multiple-contact miscible mechanisms, vaporization and condensation, can be identified and that the phase-equilibria data can be used as a basis for describing the mechanism. The phase-equilibria change with varying reservoir conditions, and the flow studies show that the miscible mechanism depends on the phase-equilibria behavior. Qualitative predictions with mathematical models support our conclusions.Phase-equilibria data with naturally occurring oils suggest the two mechanisms (vaporization and condensation) are relevant to CO2 displacements at reservoir conditions and are a basis for specifying the controlling mechanisms. Introduction Miscible-displacement processes, which rely on multiple contacts of injected gas and reservoir oil to develop an in-situ solvent, generally have been recognized by the petroleum industry as an important enhanced oil-recovery method. More recently, CO2 flooding has advanced to the position (in the U.S.) of being the most economically attractive of the multiple-contact miscibility (MCM) processes. Several projects have been or are currently being conducted either to study or use CO2 as an enhanced oil-recovery method. It has been demonstrated convincingly by Holm and others that CO2 can recover oil from laboratory systems and therefore from the swept zone of petroleum reservoirs using miscible displacement. However, several contradictions seem to exist in published results.. These authors attempt to establish the mechanism(s) through which CO2 and oil form a miscible solvent in situ. (The solvent thus produced is capable of performing as though the two fluids were miscible when performing as though the two fluids were miscible when injected.) In addition, little experimental work has been published to provide support for the mechanisms of multiple-contact miscibility, as originally discussed by Hutchinson and Braun.One can reasonably assume that the miscible CO2 process will be related directly to phase equilibria process will be related directly to phase equilibria because it involves intimate contact of gases and liquids. However, no data have been published to indicate that the mechanism for miscibility development may differ for varying phase-equilibria conditions.This paper presents the results of both flow and phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the phase-equilibria studies performed to determine the mechanism(s) of CO2 multiple-contact miscibility. These flow studies used CO2 to displace three multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures under first-contact miscible, multiple-contact miscible, and immiscible conditions. Results are presented to support the vaporization mechanism as described by Hutchinson and Braun, and also to show that more than one mechanism is possible with CO2 displacements. The reason for the latter is found in the results of phase-equilibria studies. SPEJ P. 242

scholarly journals Laboratory Results of the Influence of Carbon Dioxide on the Development of the Permo-Carboniferous Reservoir of the Usinskoe Deposit

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Stanislav A. Stanislav A. ◽  
◽  
Oleg A. Morozyuk ◽  
Konstantin S. Kosterin ◽  
Semyon P. Podoinitsyn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Displacement Mode ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
High Viscosity Oil

As an option for enhancing oil recovery of a high-viscosity Permo-Carboniferous reservoir associated with the Usinskoye field, the use of technology based on technogenic carbon dioxide as an injection agent is considered. In the world practice, several fields are known as close in their parameters to the parameters of the Permo-Carboniferous reservoir, and in which CO2 injection was accepted as successful. Based on this, CO2 injection can potentially be applicable in the conditions of a Permo-Carboniferous reservoir. At present, as a result of the various development technologies implementation, reservoir zones are distinguished, characterized by different thermobaric properties. Depending on reservoir conditions, when displacing oil with gases, various modes of oil displacement can be realized. This article describes the results of studies carried out to study the effect of the concentration of carbon dioxide on the properties of high-viscosity oil in the Permo-Carboniferous Reservoir of the Usinskoye field, as well as the results of filtration experiments on slim models performed to assess the oil displacement regime under various temperature and pressure conditions of the Permo-Carboniferous Reservoir. The study of the influence of CO2 concentration on oil properties was carried out using the standard PVT research technique. The displacement mode was assessed using the slim-tube technique. Based on the performed experiments, it was established that an increase in the concentration of CO2 in high-viscosity oil led to a noticeable change in its properties; for the conditions of a Permo-Carboniferous Reservoir, the most probable mode of oil displacement by carbon dioxide was established. Difficulties associated with the preparation of the CO2-heavy oil system were described separately. Based on a literature review, it was shown that the rate of mixing of oil with carbon dioxide depended on certain conditions.

Carbon Sequestration: an Answer to the World’s Carbon Dioxide Emission Problem

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis Wettstein
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Reduce Emissions

As of November 2007, 174 parties had ratified the Kyoto protocol signifying a large part of the solution to one of the worlds primary environmental problems; carbon dioxide emissions. Although the United States refused to sign the protocol, their neighbours in Canada were eager to address the issue and sign. However with oil being a major Canadian export, carbon dioxide emission reduction was arguably improbable and unprofitable. With the pressure of reducing carbon dioxide emissions an imminent, carbon sequestration may be the symbiotic solution in satisfying Kyoto, saving the environment and even increasing profitability. Carbon sequestration is the process where carbon dioxide is injected into an oil well in order to increase recovery. With tertiary oil recoveries driving much of the oil business, cheap and efficient recovery methods are invaluable. Presently there is a Canadian operation in Wayburn, Saskatchewan which employs the technique. In addition, Texas and Scandinavian oil companies are using Carbon dioxide injection. If carbon sequestration increases oil recovery it has to be the preferred method. By purchasing carbon dioxide from external sources and recycling their own, companies can reduce emissions while increasing profits. Finally it may be profitable to save the environment. 

A coupled thermo- hydro-mechanical simulation of reservoir CO2 enhanced oil recovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 524-541
Author(s):  
Ayub Elyasi ◽  
Kamran Goshtasbi ◽  
Hamid Hashemolhosseini
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Modeling ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Injection ◽  
Mechanical Simulation ◽  
Well Injectivity ◽  
Porosity And Permeability

Carbon dioxide sequestration is an effective mechanism for enhanced oil recovery. In a carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery project, the temperature of the injected carbon dioxide is usually considerably lower than the formation temperature. The heat transfer between the injected fluid, reservoir fluids, and rock has to be investigated in order to test the viability of the target formation to act as an effective enhanced oil recovery unit and to optimize the process. Simulation of carbon dioxide injection based on a suitable modeling is very important for explaining the fluid flow behavior of carbon dioxide in a reservoir. Geomechanical aspects between fluids and carbonate rocks can change porosity and permeability during carbon dioxide flooding which may significantly impact well injectivity, reservoir integrity, and oil recovery. This article presents development of a simulator using implementation of a program (FORTRAN 90 interface code) for coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in multiphase reservoir modeling. The simulator is denoted ECLIPSE-ABAQUS, because it utilizes two established computer codes, ECLIPSE and ABAQUS, which are linked and jointly executed for analysis of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes. The capabilities of the ECLIPSE-ABAQUS simulator are demonstrated on a complex coupled problems related to injection of carbon dioxide in an oil reservoir. The coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of the reservoir showed that the reservoir production rate/total and production time in the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation is more than the uncoupled one. Also permeability and porosity changes in the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation are different from the coupled hydro-mechanical simulation. Furthermore, the Finite Element Method analysis showed no sign of plastic strain under production and carbon dioxide injection scenarios in any part of the reservoir.

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