Fundamentals of Carbon Dioxide-Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR)
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Experimental Approach of Minimum Miscibility Pressure for CO2 Miscible Flooding: Application to Egyptian Oil Fields
International Journal of New Technology and Research (IJNTR) ISSN:2454-4116, Volume-2, Issue-5, May 2016 Pages 105-112 Experimental Approach of Minimum Miscibility Pressure for CO2 Miscible Flooding: Application to Egyptian Oil Fields E.M. Mansour, A.M. Al- Sabagh, S.M. Desouky, F.M. Zawawy, M.R. Ramzi The term of “Enhanced Oil Recovery” (EOR) is defined as Abstract— At the present time, carbon dioxide (CO2) miscible the oil that was recovered by any method beyond the primary flooding has become an important method in Enhanced Oil and secondary stage [2]. Enhanced oil recovery processes are Recovery (EOR) for recovering residual oil, and in addition it divided into three categories: gas miscible flooding, thermal may help in protection of the environment as carbon dioxide flooding and chemical flooding [3]. Figure (1) shows oil (CO2) is widely viewed as an important agent in global production from different (EOR) projects with an increasing warming. This paper presents a study of the effect of carbon dioxide (CO ) injection on miscible flooding performance for in the world oil percentage. [4-7]. 2 Egyptian oil fields and focuses on designing and constructing a new miscibility lab with low cost by setup a favorable system for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection to predict the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) which was required for carbon dioxide (CO2) flooding projects where every reservoir oil sample has its own unique minimum miscibility pressure (MMP). Experimental data from different crude oil reservoirs carried out by slim tube test that is the most common and standard technique of determining minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) in the industry, but this method is expensive, there for we designed this kind of a favorable system (slim tube test) for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection. -
Carbon Dioxide Flooding Induced Geochemical Changes in a Saline Carbonate Aquifer Alyssa Boock University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects 2009 Carbon Dioxide Flooding Induced Geochemical Changes in a Saline Carbonate Aquifer Alyssa Boock University of North Dakota Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/theses Part of the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Boock, Alyssa, "Carbon Dioxide Flooding Induced Geochemical Changes in a Saline Carbonate Aquifer" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 33. https://commons.und.edu/theses/33 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CARBON DIOXIDE FLOODING INDUCED GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN A SALINE CARBONATE AQUIFER by Alyssa Boock Bachelor of Science in Geology, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 2002 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of North Dakota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Grand Forks, North Dakota December 2009 This thesis, submitted by Alyssa Boock in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science from the University of North Dakota, has been read by the Faculty Advisory Committee under whom the work has been done and is hereby approved. _____________________________________ Chairperson _____________________________________ -
CO2 As Injection Gas for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) from Fields In
NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics __________________________________ CO2 as Injection Gas for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Estimation of the Potential on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by Odd Magne Mathiassen Chief Reservoir Engineer Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Trondheim / Stavanger, May 2003 ________________________________ Part I of II CO2 injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my supervisor Professor Ole Torsæter at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology for excellent guiding and help in my work with this thesis. I would also like to thank my employer, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, for giving me the opportunity and time to complete the thesis. My thanks also go to my colleagues Mr. Gunnar Einang, Mr. Søren Davidsen and Mr. Jan Bygdevoll for valuable discussions while working with this thesis. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Eric Lindeberg and senior researcher Idar Akervoll at the Sintef Research for valuable information on CO2 related issues. SUMMARY The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the possibility of using CO2 as injection gas for enhanced oil recovery and estimate the potential of additional oil recovery from mature oil fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Because of the lack of CO2 data from offshore oil fields, a literature study on CO2 flood experience worldwide was undertaken. In addition, the physical properties of CO2 and CO2 as a solvent have been studied. The literature study makes it possible to conclude that CO2 has been an excellent solvent for enhanced oil recovery from onshore oil fields, especially in the USA and Canada. -
Summary of Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2EOR) Injection Well Technology
BACKGROUND REPORT Summary of Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2EOR) Injection Well Technology Supporting Information Provided by James P. Meyer PhD Contek Solutions 2828 West Parker Rd., Suite 102-B Plano, Texas 75075 Prepared for the American Petroleum Institute DISCLAIMER This report was prepared by Contek Solutions for use by the American Petroleum Institute (API). The information in this report does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of API. API makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in this report. Users of this report should use their own discretion to determine whether to rely on any of the information contained herein. Any policy-related questions regarding this report should be directed to Steve Crookshank ([email protected]) and technical questions directed to Andy Radford ([email protected]). ii Table of Contents 1. History and Current Status of CO2 in EOR Applications 1.a Development 1 1.b SACROC and Fields 2 1.c Pipeline and Wells 5 1.d Summary 6 2. CO2 EOR Technical Aspects 2.a Miscibility 7 2.b Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) 7 2.c Reservoir Implications 2.c.1 Pressure 8 2.c.2 CO2 Mobility & Reservoir Heterogeneity 8 2.c.3 CO2 EOR Screening Criteria 9 2.4.c CO2 Utilization 10 3. Well Design and Mechanical Integrity 3.a Design Standards and Recommended Practices 11 3.b Definitions 12 3.c CO2 Injection Wellhead Conditions 14 3.d Welllbore 3.d.1 New Construction 15 3.d.1.1 Design 15 3.d.1.2 Cased and Open Hole Completions 17 3.d.1.3 Cement Technology 17 -
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration During Enhanced Oil Recovery: Operational and Economical Aspects G.P
J . Ind . GeophysCarbon . Union Dioxide (January Sequestration 2016) During Enhanced Oil Recovery: Operational and Economical Aspects Special Volume-1/ 2016 pp: 5-12 Carbon Dioxide Sequestration During Enhanced Oil Recovery: Operational and Economical Aspects G.P. Karmakar Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721302, INDIA . E-mail: gpkarmakar@gmail .com ABSTRACT Rising oil prices coupled with continuously declining conventional oil production has led to significant use of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods . Extensive laboratory studies, pilot projects and real field evaluations of the potential EOR methods have proved that the upcoming carbon dioxide flooding is one of the most promising recovery methods, which is being used on a large scale in many countries including the U .s ., Canada and U .A .e . Carbon dioxide injection is being done in different modes: in miscible, near miscible or immiscible forms after water flooding as an EOR method, as a secondary displacement method, for producing well stimulation and for carbonated water flooding . During the CO2 sequestration, CO2 is retained in the reservoir by increasing its physical trapping or solubility in reservoir fluids, whereas during CO2 - EOR process, oil recovery is maximized with a minimum amount of retention of CO2 in the reservoir . This paper presents a comprehensive review on the current status of CO2 flooding processes with a critical analysis of latest CO2 flooding projects featuring recent developments and operational problems and their solutions associated with those processes . INTRODUCTION MOST COMMON TYPES OF CO2 FLOODING The use of carbon dioxide as an oil-displacing agent has Elaborated studies of phase behavior and CO2 flood been investigated for many years and used for recovering oil performance in laboratories and fields have brought into from hydrocarbon reservoirs during 1920-1930 (Mangalsingh light certain mechanisms by which CO2 displaces oil . -
Underground Geological Storage 195 5
Chapter 5: Underground geological storage 195 5 Underground geological storage Coordinating Lead Authors Sally Benson (United States), Peter Cook (Australia) Lead Authors Jason Anderson (United States), Stefan Bachu (Canada), Hassan Bashir Nimir (Sudan), Biswajit Basu (India), John Bradshaw (Australia), Gota Deguchi (Japan), John Gale (United Kingdom), Gabriela von Goerne (Germany), Wolfgang Heidug (Germany), Sam Holloway (United Kingdom), Rami Kamal (Saudi Arabia), David Keith (Canada), Philip Lloyd (South Africa), Paulo Rocha (Brazil), Bill Senior (United Kingdom), Jolyon Thomson (United Kingdom), Tore Torp (Norway), Ton Wildenborg (Netherlands), Malcolm Wilson (Canada), Francesco Zarlenga (Italy), Di Zhou (China) Contributing Authors Michael Celia (United States), Bill Gunter (Canada), Jonathan Ennis King (Australia), Erik Lindeberg (Norway), Salvatore Lombardi (Italy), Curt Oldenburg (United States), Karsten Pruess (United States) andy Rigg (Australia), Scott Stevens (United States), Elizabeth Wilson (United States), Steve Whittaker (Canada) Review Editors Günther Borm (Germany), David Hawkins (United States), Arthur Lee (United States) 196 IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 197 5.6.6 Monitoring network design 241 5.6.7 Long-term stewardship monitoring 241 5.1 Introduction 199 5.6.8 Verification of CO2 injection and storage inventory 242 5.1.1 What is geological storage? 199 5.1.2 Existing and planned CO2 projects 200 5.7 Risk management, risk assessment and 5.1.3 Key questions 204 -
Soak Alternating Gas: a New Approach to Carbon Dioxide
SOAK ALTERNATING GAS: A NEW APPROACH TO CARBON DIOXIDE FLOODING by MALCOLM DAVID MURRAY, B.S.P.E. A THESIS IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Approved Chairperson of the Committee Accepted Dean of the Graduate School August, 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom and with all your getting get understanding." - Proverbs 4:7 I would like to express my greatest appreciation to those without whom this thesis would not have been possible: first, to Dr. Scott Frailey, my thesis advisor whose expectations of his students have continually challenged me to do my best in both my studies and in this thesis. Although a positive attitude and strong determination are necessary for a student to achieve his greatest possible success, the high standards of his teachers are indispensable to the quality and level of his education: I therefore count it a great privilege to have worked under Dr. Frailey while at Texas Tech University. I am also deeply indebted to Dr. Akanni Lawal who offered me the research assistantship that made studying at Texas Tech University possible: the opportunity to study here and the quality of the friendships that have been formed have made this a rich experience indeed. I would like to thank the Butler family for the funding to make the research for this project possible. I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to Michelle Doss who helped with the final transcripts of this thesis, as well as to the professors and staff of the Petroleum Engineering department who helped in so many ways.