Numerical Simulation of CO2 Gas Microbubble of Foamy Oil

Autor:	Motonao Imai, Yuichi Sugai, Masanori Nakano, Chanmoly Or, Kyuro Sasaki
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Materials science Petroleum engineering Computer simulation Atmospheric pressure Apparent viscosity Foamy oil Heavy oil production Cabin pressurization Energy(all) depressurization pressure medicine CO2 gas dissolution Swelling medicine.symptom Saturation (chemistry) foamy oil Dissolution
Zdroj:	Energy Procedia. 63:7821-7829
ISSN:	1876-6102
DOI:	10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.816
Popis:	Heavy oil production by CO2 gas foaming has been simulated with a function of depressurization pressure. The numerical simulation was carried out by using CMG-STARSTM and based on experimental physical properties of foamy oil such as foam swelling and apparent viscosity. The matching between the numerical simulations of heavy oil drainage and experimental measurements of foaming in Berea sandstone cores (Psat = 10 MPa at 50 °C) shows 31% of oil recovery after depressurization to atmospheric pressure. The behavior of heavy oil production and production scheme were proposed with assuming the CO2 gas dissolution zone. The effect of initial oil saturation and CO2 dissolution zone are the controlling factors of heavy oil production.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2079d57156d493b2df2260c7faaba10a Zobrazit plný text záznamu