AI Chat Paper
Note: Please note that the following content is generated by AMiner AI. SciOpen does not take any responsibility related to this content.
{{lang === 'zh_CN' ? '文章概述' : 'Summary'}}
{{lang === 'en_US' ? '中' : 'Eng'}}
Chat more with AI
Powered by AMiner. Clicking this button will take you away from SciOpen.
Home Capillarity Article
PDF (1.1 MB)
Cite
EndNote(RIS) BibTeX
Collect
Submit Manuscript AI Chat Paper
Show Outline
Outline
Show full outline
Hide outline
Outline
Show full outline
Hide outline
Original Article | Open Access

Capillary and viscous forces during CO2 flooding in tight reservoirs

Exploration and Development Research Institute, Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying 257015, P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, Ministry of Education, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, P. R. China
School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, P. R. China
Department of Petroleum Technology, University of Karachi, University Road, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
Show Author Information

Abstract

In this study, the multiphase multicomponent Shan-Chen lattice Boltzmann method is employed to analyze the impact of capillary force on oil-CO2-water fluid flow and enhanced oil recovery. Various sizes of the single throat are designed to simulate the interaction between displacing and displaced phases as well as their mechanical equilibrium. Several sensitivities are taken into account, such as wettability, miscibility, interfacial tension, and pore aperture. Based on the objective reservoir conditions, supercritical CO2 as an injection fluid is adopted to study the influence of different displacement patterns on the mechanical equilibrium in both homogenous and heterogeneous porous media, in which enhanced oil recovery is also quantitatively estimated. The results show that the water-alternating-gas injection pattern reduces the moving speed of the leading edge by increasing the swept area of the residual oil, and inhibits the breakthrough effect of the gas, making it the optimal displacement method in terms of the degree of oil production. Compared with the results of different displacement patterns, the enhanced oil recovery of water-alternating-gas injection is the highest, followed by supercritical CO2 flooding after water flooding, and lastly, continuous supercritical CO2 flooding.

Keywords

enhanced oil recoverySupercritical CO2lattice Boltzmann methoddisplacement patterntight reservoirs

References

 
Alvarado, V., Manrique, E. Enhanced oil recovery: An update review. Energies, 2010, 3(9): 1529-1575.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Bhatnagar, P. L., Gross, E. P., Krook, M. A model for collision processes in gases. I. Small amplitude processes in charged and neutral one-component systems. Physical Review, 1954, 94(3): 511-525.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Cai, J., Jin, T., Kou, J., et al. Lucas-Washburn equation-based modeling of capillary-driven flow in porous systems. Langmuir, 2021, 37(5): 1623-1636.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Cai, J., Yu, B., Mei, M., et al. Capillary rise in a single tortuous capillary. Chinese Physics Letters, 2010, 27(5): 054701.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Chen, H., Chen, S., Matthaeus, W. H. Recovery of the Navier-Stokes equations using a lattice-gas Boltzmann method. Physical Review A, 1992, 45(8): R5339-R5342.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Christensen, J. R., Stenby, E. H., Skauge, A. Review of WAG field experience. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2001, 4(2): 97-106.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Dong, B., Yan, Y., Li, W. LBM simulation of viscous fingering phenomenon in immiscible displacement of two fluids in porous media. Transport in Porous Media, 2011, 88(2): 293-314.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Ghedan, S. G. Global laboratory experience of CO2-EOR flooding. Paper SPE 125581 Presented at the SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19-21 October, 2009.
 
Guo, Z., Zheng, C., Shi, B. Non-equilibrium extrapolation method for velocity and pressure boundary conditions in the lattice Boltzmann method. Chinese Physics, 2002, 11(4): 366-374.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Jarrell, P. M., Fox, C. E., Stein, M. H., et al. Practical Aspects of CO2 Flooding. Richardson, USA, Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2002.
Crossref
 
Jensen, M. D., Pei, P., Snyder, A. C., et al. Methodology for phased development of a hypothetical pipeline network for CO2 transport during carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Energy & Fuels, 2013, 27(8): 4175-4182.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Jiang, J., Rui, Z., Hazlett, R., et al. An integrated technical-economic model for evaluating CO2 enhanced oil recovery development. Applied Energy, 2019, 247: 190-211.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Khosravi, M., Bahramian, A., Emadi, M., et al. Mechanistic investigation of bypassed-oil recovery during CO2 injection in matrix and fracture. Fuel, 2014, 117: 43-49.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Lackner, K. S. A guide to CO2 sequestration. Science, 2003, 300(5626): 1677-1678.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Lambert, M. R., Marino, S. D., Anthony, T. L., et al. Implementing CO2 floods: No more delays! Paper SPE 35187 Presented at the Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, Texas, 27-29 March, 1996.
 
Landau, L. D., Lifshits, E. M. Fluid Mechanics. London, UK, Pergamon Press, 1959.
 
Lansangan, R. M., Smith, J. L. Viscosity, density, and composition measurements of CO2/West Texas oil systems. SPE Reservoir Engineering, 1993, 8(3): 175-182.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Lenormand, R., Zarcone, C., Sarr, A. Mechanisms of the displacement of one fluid by another in a network of capillary ducts. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1983, 135: 337-353.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Liu, Y., Berg, S., Ju, Y., et al. Systematic investigation of corner flow impact in forced imbibition. Water Resources Research, 2022, 58(10): e2022WR032402.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Martin, D. F., Taber, J. J. Carbon dioxide flooding. Journal of Petroleum Technology, 1992, 44(4): 396-400.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Nobakht, M., Moghadam, S., Gu, Y. Effects of viscous and capillary forces on CO2 enhanced oil recovery under reservoir conditions. Energy & Fuels, 2007, 21(6): 3469-3476.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Qian, Y. H., d’Humières, D., Lallemand, P. Lattice BGK models for Navier-Stokes equation. Europhysics Letters, 1992, 17(6): 479-484.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Rao, D. N., Girard, M., Sayegh, S. G. Impact of miscible flooding on wettability, relative permeability, and oil recovery. SPE Reservoir Engineering, 1992, 7(2): 204-212.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Salama, A., Cai, J., Kou, J., et al. Investigation of the dynamics of immiscible displacement of a ganglion in capillaries. Capillarity, 2021, 4(2): 31-44.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Shan, X., Chen, H. Lattice Boltzmann model for simulating flows with multiple phases and components. Physical Review E, 1993, 47(3): 1815-1819.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Shan, X., Chen, H. Simulation of nonideal gases and liquid-gas phase transitions by the lattice Boltzmann equation. Physical Review E, 1994, 49(4): 2941-2948.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Shan, X., Doolen, G. Multicomponent lattice-Boltzmann model with interparticle interaction. Journal of Statistical Physics, 1995, 81(1): 379-393.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Tang, G., Morrow, N. R. Influence of brine composition and fines migration on crude oil/brine/rock interactions and oil recovery. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 1999, 24(2-4): 99-111.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Tapia, J. F. D., Lee, J. Y., Ooi, R. E. H., et al. Optimal CO2 allocation and scheduling in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations. Applied Energy, 2016, 184: 337-345.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Tsuji, T., Jiang, F., Christensen, K. T. Characterization of immiscible fluid displacement processes with various capillary numbers and viscosity ratios in 3D natural sandstone. Advances in Water Resources, 2016, 95: 3-15.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Wang, S., Chen, S., Li, Z. Characterization of produced and residual oils in the CO2 flooding process. Energy & Fuels, 2016, 30(1): 54-62.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Wang, G., Liao, R., Li, J. The development situation and future of low permeability oil reservoirs of SINOPEC. Petroleum Geology and Recovery Efficiency, 2007, 14(3): 84-89. (in Chinese)
Google Scholar
 
Wang, H., Su, Y., Wang, W., et al. CO2-oil diffusion, adsorption and miscible flow in nanoporous media from pore-scale perspectives. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022a, 450: 137957.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Wang, H., Wang, W., Su, Y., et al. Lattice Boltzmann model for oil/water two-phase flow in nanoporous media considering heterogeneous viscosity, liquid/solid, and liquid/liquid slip. SPE Journal, 2022b: 210564.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Wei, B., Zhang, X., Liu, J., et al. Adsorptive behaviors of supercritical CO2 in tight porous media and triggered chemical reactions with rock minerals during CO2-EOR and sequestration. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 381: 122577.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Welkenhuysen, K., Rupert, J., Compernolle, T., et al. Considering economic and geological uncertainty in the simulation of realistic investment decisions for CO2-EOR projects in the North Sea. Applied Energy, 2017, 185: 745-761.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Xiao, Y., He, Y., Zheng, J., et al. Modeling of two-phase flow in heterogeneous wet porous media. Capillarity, 2022, 5(3): 41-50.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Xu, T., Tian, H., Zhu, H., et al. China actively promotes CO2 capture, utilization and storage research to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2022, 6(1): 1-3.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Yousef, A. A., Al Saleh, S., Al Kaabi, A., et al. Laboratory investigation of the impact of injection-water salinity and ionic content on oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 2011, 14(5): 578-593.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Zhang, L., Chen, L., Hu, R., et al. Subsurface multiphase reactive flow in geologic CO2 storage: Key impact factors and characterization approaches. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2022, 6(3): 179-180.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Zhang, Y., Lashgari, H. R., Di, Y., et al. Capillary pressure effect on phase behavior of CO2/hydrocarbons in unconventional reservoirs. Fuel, 2017, 197: 575-582.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y., Lei, X., et al. CO2 flooding enhanced oil recovery evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging technique. Energy, 2020, 203: 117878.
Crossref Google Scholar
 
Zhou, X., Chen D., Xia Y., et al. Spontaneous imbibition characteristics and influencing factors of Chang 7 shale oil reservoirs in Longdong area, Ordos basin. Earth Science, 2022, 47(8): 3045-3055. (in Chinese)
Google Scholar
 
Ziegler, D. P. Boundary conditions for lattice Boltzmann simulations. Journal of Statistical Physics, 1993, 71(5): 1171-1177.
Crossref Google Scholar
Capillarity
Volume 5 Issue 6,
December 2022
Pages 105-114
DOI: 10.46690/capi.2022.06.01
Cite this article:
Zhang C, Zhang Q, Wang W, et al. Capillary and viscous forces during CO2 flooding in tight reservoirs. Capillarity, 2022, 5(6): 105-114. https://doi.org/10.46690/capi.2022.06.01

792

Views

66

Downloads

4

Crossref

8

Scopus

Altmetrics
Received: 21 August 2022
Revised: 16 September 2022
Accepted: 03 October 2022
Published: 10 October 2022
© The Author(s) 2022.

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Return