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Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2017 pp 178–191Cite as

Compositional Streamline Simulation of CO2 Flooding in Low Permeability Reservoirs

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The theory of CO2 flooding is getting more matured and completed with mounting field practices of CO2 injection in China. CO2 flooding is not only useful to the development of low permeability reservoirs, heavy oil reservoirs, and tight sandstone reservoirs but also benefit for CO2 capture and geological storage, which mitigated the greenhouse effect. This paper presented the compositional streamline model of CO2 flooding based on CO2 displacement mechanism. The model adopted the accurate and fast streamline method to solve the numerical model according to the change of fluid compositions. The model was modified considering the influences of gravity, compressibility, and dynamic miscibility by introducing operator splitting-up theory, source–sink term, and blending factor. The reliability of the model was verified by comparing with Eclipse. Cai9 Xishanyao reservoir was selected as the application example, and the compositional streamline model was established. The streamline distribution and migration of CO2 flooding in the reservoir were described quantitatively, and the effect of CO2 EOR was evaluated. The study is worth popularizing in the development of CO2 flooding in China.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Grant 2011CB707302) and the Key Laboratory Scientific Research Plan Projects of Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (Grant 13JS090).

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  1. College of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China

    Mengmeng Li & Xinwei Liao

  2. College of Petroleum Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, China

    Qi Li & Jiaen Lin

  3. Sinopec Northwest Oil Field Branch, Sinopec, Urumqi, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, China

    Yuli Lv

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Li, M., Liao, X., Li, Q., Lin, J., Lv, Y. (2019). Compositional Streamline Simulation of CO2 Flooding in Low Permeability Reservoirs. In: Qu, Z., Lin, J. (eds) Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2017. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7560-5_16

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