Study of Supercritical State Characteristics of Miscible CO2 Used in the Flooding Process

Carbon dioxide flooding is a strategic replacement technology for greatly enhancing oil recovery in low-permeability oilfields, which includes social benefits resulting from carbon emission reduction and economic benefits owing to the improvement of oil recovery. Therefore, it is of great significan...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2023-09, Vol.16 (18), p.6693
Main Authors: Zhang, Yu, Lyu, Weifeng, Zhang, Ke, He, Dongbo, Li, Ao, Cheng, Yaoze, Gao, Jiahao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cameras
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
CO2
Crude oil
Enhanced oil recovery
Gases
miscible phase
Osmosis
phase behavior
Phase transitions
supercritical state
Viscosity
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Summary:Carbon dioxide flooding is a strategic replacement technology for greatly enhancing oil recovery in low-permeability oilfields, which includes social benefits resulting from carbon emission reduction and economic benefits owing to the improvement of oil recovery. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop and apply the technology of CO2 flooding and storage in the petroleum industry. In reservoir conditions, CO2 is usually under a supercritical state, presenting both low viscosity and high diffusivity of a gaseous state and high density of a liquid state. The special phase behavior of CO2 directly affects its extraction capacity, resulting in the change of miscible behavior between CO2 and crude oil. In this paper, the ultra-high-pressure–high-temperature pressure–volume–temperature (PVT) system was used to evaluate the phase characteristics of CO2 during the process of reservoir development. The phase behaviors of the CO2/CH4/N2 crude oil system were compared and analyzed. Moreover, the matching mechanism between supercritical CO2 characteristics and oil–gas system miscibility was investigated and defined. This work deepened the understanding of the phase characteristics of CO2 in the process of miscible flooding, providing both theoretical guidance for the application of CO2 injection on oilfields and the essential scientific basis for the implementation of CCUS-EOR technology.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en16186693