Displacement of oil by carbon dioxide. Final report [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1981.
- Physical Description:
- Pages: 167 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Restrictions on Access:
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- Results of a comprehensive research program on factors influencing CO/sub 2/ flooding are reported. Equipment constructed for static equilibrium measurements of phase volumes, compositions, densities and viscosities is described. Design of an apparatus used for a variety of displacement tests is also reported. Apparatus and experimental procedures are described for a new experiment in which equilibrium phase compositions can be measured rapidly and continuously. Results of displacements of crude oil from slim tubes, cores and mixing cells are presented and interpreted in terms of detailed measurements of the phase behavior and fluid properties of the CO/sub 2/-crude oil mixtures. The complex phase behavior of low temperature CO/sub 2/-crude oil mixtures is described and compared with similar behavior for CO/sub 2/-alkane mixtures. A simple correlation is offered for the ranges of reservoir temperature and pressure at which liquid-liquid and liquid-liquid-vapor phase behavior should be expected to occur. Direct evidence is presented of the efficiency with which a CO/sub 2/-rich liquid phase can extract hydrocarbons from a crude oil. A simple one-dimensional process simulator for CO/sub 2/ flooding applications is described. Simulation results are compared with experimental data from slim tube displacements. Good agreement is reported between calculated and experimental results as long as the volume change of CO/sub 2/ on mixing with the oil is not too great.Sensitivity of calculated results to phase behavior and fluid properties is discussed. Comparison of displacement results, phase behavior measurements, and model calculations provides strong evidence that the high displacement efficiency which can be obtained when pressure is high enough and viscous fingering is controlled is the result of efficient extraction of a broad range of hydrocarbons by a dense CO/sub 2/-rich phase which is a liquid if the temperature is below about 50/sup 0/C (130/sup 0/F).
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:doe/et/12082-9
doe/et/12082-9 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Carbon Dioxide
- Phase Studies
- Carbon Dioxide Injection
- Mathematical Models
- Decane
- Oil Wells
- Bench-Scale Experiments
- Comparative Evaluations
- Design
- Enhanced Recovery
- Equipment
- One-Dimensional Calculations
- Petroleum
- Pressure Dependence
- Temperature Dependence
- Well Stimulation
- Alkanes
- Carbon Compounds
- Carbon Oxides
- Chalcogenides
- Energy Sources
- Fluid Injection
- Fossil Fuels
- Fuels
- Hydrocarbons
- Miscible-Phase Displacement
- Organic Compounds
- Oxides
- Oxygen Compounds
- Recovery
- Stimulation
- Wells
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1981.
"doe/et/12082-9"
Orr, Jr., F. M.; Taber, J. J.
New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro (USA) - Funding Information:
- AS21-78ET12082
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