Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2020, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3): 1-14.doi: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2020.03.001

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Further discussion on reservoir engineering concept and development mode of CO2 flooding-EOR technology

LI Shilun1,SUN Lei1,CHEN Zuhua2,LI Jian3,TANG Yong1,PAN Yi1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    2. Sinopec East China Company, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China;
    3. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
  • Received:2020-06-01 Online:2020-06-26 Published:2020-07-03

Abstract:

Since the 1970s, CO2 flooding-EOR technology has formed multiple development modes in the concept of reservoir engineering, including continuous CO2 injection, WAG injection with constant proportion, tapered/hybrid WAG injection and SWG/SSWG injection. The reason why CO2 become the injection gas for tertiary oil recovery with great vitality benefits from its supercritical fluid characteristics and remarkable solvation capacity. Based on the analysis of the main oil displacement mechanism of CO2 and the reservoir engineering concept and development mode of typical CO2 flooding-EOR technology at home and abroad in recent years, and considering their development characteristics of different types of reservoirs, especially the successful application of horizontal well technology and low permeability reservoir volume fracturing technology, as well as the comprehensive utilization concept of CO2 CCUS-EOR combined with CCUS concept, further suggestions are put forward for the development of reservoir engineering development mode by CO2 flooding-EOR technology in China, so as to provide enlightenment for further promoting its large-scale development.

Key words: enhanced oil recovery, supercritical CO2, development concept, development mode, CCUS-EOR

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  • TE122