scholarly journals Study on the Influential Factors of CO2 Storage in Low Permeability Reservoir

Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 344
Author(s):  
Ping Yue ◽  
Rujie Zhang ◽  
James J. Sheng ◽  
Gaoming Yu ◽  
Feng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Ordos Basin ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Geological Storage ◽  
Co2 Geological Storage ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoir ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs ◽  
Breakthrough Pressure

As the demands of tight-oil Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and the controlling of anthropogenic carbon emission have become global challenges, Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) has been recognized as an effective solution to resolve both needs. However, the influential factors of carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage in low permeability reservoirs have not been fully studied. Based on core samples from the Huang-3 area of the Ordos Basin, the feasibility and influential factors of geological CO2 sequestration in the Huang-3 area are analyzed through caprock breakthrough tests and a CO2 storage factor experiment. The results indicate that capillary trapping is the key mechanism of the sealing effect by the caprock. With the increase of caprock permeability, the breakthrough pressure and pressure difference decreased rapidly. A good exponential relationship between caprock breakthrough pressure and permeability can be summarized. The minimum breakthrough pressure of CO2 in the caprock of the Huang-3 area is 22 MPa, and the breakthrough pressure gradient is greater than 100 MPa/m. Huang-3 area is suitable for the geological sequestration of CO2, and the risk of CO2 breakthrough in the caprock is small. At the same storage percentage, the recovery factor of crude oil in larger permeability core is higher, and the storage percentage decreases with the increase of recovery factor. It turned out that a low permeability reservoir is easier to store CO2, and the storage percentage of carbon dioxide in the miscible phase is greater than that in the immiscible phase. This study can provide empirical reference for caprock selection and safety evaluation of CO2 geological storage in low permeability reservoirs within Ordos Basin.

Main Controlled Elements for Accumulation of Ultro-Low Permeability Sandstone Oil Reservoir, Zhenjing Oilfield, Ordas Basin

2013 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Yi Wei Hao ◽  
Hai Yan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basin ◽  
Ordos Basin ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Tight Sandstone ◽  
Buoyant Force ◽  
Accumulation Mechanism ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Ordos Basin is the second largest sedimentary basin in China with very rich oil and gas resources. The exploration targets are typical reservoirs of low permeability. To determine the accumulation mechanism of tight sandstone reservoir, thin section, SEM, numerical calculation were used. The result showed that sandstone should be ultro-low permeability reservoirs with the high content feldspar and lithic arkose or feldspathic litharenite. The reservoir became tight while oil filling, buoyant force is too small to overcome the resistance of capillary force. Therefore, overpressure induced by source rock generation is the accumulation drive force.

Framework for the assessment of interaction between CO2 geological storage and other sedimentary basin resources

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Michael ◽  
S. Whittaker ◽  
S. Varma ◽  
E. Bekele ◽  
L. Langhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Sedimentary Basin ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Storage ◽  
Geological Storage ◽  
Co2 Geological Storage

Managing the interaction between carbon dioxide storage and other basin resources should focus on preventing potential conflicts and enhancing synergies.

scholarly journals Optimal Inflow Performance Relationship Equation for Horizontal and Deviated Wells in Low-Permeability Reservoirs

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Liqiang Wang ◽  
Zhengke Li ◽  
Mingji Shao ◽  
Yinghuai Cui ◽  
Wenbo Jing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Superposition Principle ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Flow Function ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoir ◽  
Inflow Performance ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs ◽  
Performance Equation ◽  
Deviated Wells

After Vogel proposed a dimensionless inflow performance equation, with the rise of the horizontal well production mode, a large number of inflow performance relationship (IPR) equations have emerged. In the productivity analysis of deviated and horizontal wells, the IPR equation proposed by Cheng is mainly used. However, it is still unclear whether these inflow performance models (such as the Cheng, Klins-Majcher, Bendakhlia-Aziz, and Wiggins-Russell-Jennings types) are suitable for productivity evaluations of horizontal and deviated wells in low-permeability reservoirs. In-depth comparisons and analyses have not been carried out, which hinders improvements in the accuracy of the productivity evaluations of horizontal wells in low-permeability reservoirs. In this study, exploratory work was conducted in two areas. First, the linear flow function relationship used in previous studies was improved. Based on the experimental pressure-volume-temperature results, a power exponential flow function model was established according to different intervals greater or less than the bubble point pressure, which was introduced into the subsequent derivation of the inflow performance equation. Second, given the particularity of low-permeability reservoir percolation, considering that the reservoir is a deformation medium, and because of the existence of a threshold pressure gradient in fluid flow, the relationship between permeability and pressure was changed. The starting pressure gradient was introduced into the subsequent establishment of the inflow performance equation. Based on the above two aspects of this work, the dimensionless IPR of single-phase and oil-gas two-phase horizontal wells in a deformed medium reservoir was established by using the equivalent seepage resistance method and complex potential superposition principle. Furthermore, through regression and error analyses of the standard inflow performance data, the correlation coefficients and error distributions of six types of IPR equations applicable to deviated and horizontal wells at different inclination angles were compared. The results show that the IPR equation established in this study features good stability and accuracy and that it can fully reflect the particularity of low-permeability reservoir seepage. It provides the best choice of the IPR between inclined wells and horizontal wells in low-permeability reservoirs. The other types of IPR equations are the Wiggins-Russell-Jennings, Klins-Majcher, Vogel, Fetkovich, Bendakhlia-Aziz, and Harrison equations, listed here in order from good to poor in accuracy.

scholarly journals The experimental investigation of the HPAM/phenolic resin deep profile system in fractured low-permeability reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 02078
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Daiyin Yin ◽  
Yazhou Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Phenolic Resin ◽  
Good Effect ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoir ◽  
Shearing Rate ◽  
Profile Control ◽  
Deep Profile ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

The problem of injected water channeling along fractures exists in the process of water injection in fractured low permeability reservoir, aimed at this problem, deep profile control technology applies to plug fractures to improve the recovery of low permeability reservoir. In this paper, partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is used as water-plugging/profile-modifying agent and phenolic resin as crosslinker agent. Several profile control systems are tested to find the one which is suitable for fractured low permeability reservoirs. The performances of profile control systems are evaluated, and effects of formation water salinity, that of shearing rate and that of temperature on the performance are studied. Finally, in order to study effects of this profile control system on displacing oil, flowability experiment and core displacement experiment are applied. It shows that with the increase of salinty of prepared water and the increase of the shearing rate, the viscosity of this system decreases. With the increase of temperature, the gelling time shortens, the viscosity increases, but the stability weekens. This kind of profile control system has a good effect on plugging fractures of low permeability cores. After water flooding, this kind of profile control system is injected into cores, the recovery ratio can increase 3.5%. So the profile control system composed of HPAM/ phenolic resin can apply to deep profile control in fractured low permeability reservoir to enhance oil recovery.

scholarly journals Analysis of Controlling Factors at Separate Imbibition Stages for Ultra-Low-Permeability Reservoirs

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 7093
Author(s):  
Hailong Dang ◽  
Hanqiao Jiang ◽  
Binchi Hou ◽  
Xiaofeng Wang ◽  
Tao Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fractured Reservoirs ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Controlling Factors ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Oil Saturation ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs ◽  
Interfacial Characteristics

Spontaneous imbibition is an important mechanism in naturally fractured reservoirs. In our previous studies on the effect of imbibition efficiency of ultra-low permeability reservoirs, we mostly focused on the relationship between macroscopic core recovery rate and influential factors. Additionally, we also mainly focused on the factors that control the final imbibition recovery for ultra-low permeability reservoirs. Through a large number of experiments, it was found that the factors affecting imbibition are different in separate stages. However, the relative importance of those factors in different imbibition stages was hardly studied. In this work, we tested six key factors, i.e., the core length, RQI, salinity, interfacial characteristics, initial oil saturation, and oil viscosity, in natural sandstone samples from Chang 6 in the Zichang area. Based on experimental results, we divided the imbibition process into three stages (i.e., the early stage, the middle stage, and the late stage) to quantify the effects of the controlling factors. The results show that the relative importance of the controlling factors is changing during the imbibition process. The weight of importance is obtained for those factors at each stage. In addition, a comparative model is established for the dual-porosity media from Chang 6 formation. The results show that the increase of the rock size can extend the imbibition period for the early and middle stages. Moreover, the weight of importance for the initial oil saturation, interfacial characteristics, and salinity are also analyzed in three imbibition stages. This study provides theoretical support to guide water injection in ultra-low-permeability reservoirs and to understand the formation of energy supplements and oil recovery during the imbibition process.

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