Experimental investigation of CO2 huff-n-puff process for enhancing oil recovery in tight reservoirs
| Autor: | Hu Jia, Zhijuan Tang, Yi-Bo Li, Peng-Gang Liu, Fayang Jin, Bing Wei, Wanfen Pu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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020401 chemical engineering
Petroleum engineering 020209 energy General Chemical Engineering Scientific method Tight oil 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Enhanced oil recovery 0204 chemical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 111:269-276 |
| ISSN: | 0263-8762 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.05.012 |
| Popis: | Due to the feature of tight formation, the primary oil recovery is usually very low and leaves substantial oil still in place. This fact results in a strong motivation of applying an enhancing oil recovery (EOR) method to further increase the oil recovery. In the present work, CO 2 huff-n-puff process as a potential EOR method for tight oils was experimentally investigated in 0.3 md cores. The visual tests proved that the oil swelling factor and CO 2 solubility increased with pressure. The core tests indicated that CO 2 huff-puff process is a viable technique to promote tight oil recovery. The magnitude of oil recovery is strongly dependent on CO 2 pressure, the oil recovery can reach 30.9% at 16 MPa in our experiment. Compared multi- to single-cyclic operation, the oil recovery is further increased by 10% by a four-cycle operation. However, after two cycles, the oil recovery significantly dropped. Differential production pressure (ΔP) is the dominant parameter for tight oil recovery in CO 2 huff-puff process. This work is supposed to provide some necessary clues for pilot design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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