Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation
In this study, steam co-injection with flue gas or N2 was numerically reproduced to determine the best gas composition to be deployed in a Colombian heavy crude oil, using a commercial reservoir simulation software. The oil mixture was characterized via EoS parameters, with tuning average errors of...
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In this study, steam co-injection with flue gas or N2 was numerically reproduced to determine the best gas composition to be deployed in a Colombian heavy crude oil, using a commercial reservoir simulation software. The oil mixture was characterized via EoS parameters, with
tuning average errors of 5%. Injection conditions were evaluated with thermal simulations to analyze the response in oil production, allowing to find a deployment strategy having the highest recovery with the lowest gas injection volume. Results agree with experimental observations regarding the starting times for co-injection and help to narrow the uncertainty range where gas and steam co-injection is a
suitable recovery technique in heavy oil reservoirs. The study showed that the incremental oil recovery factor can be enhanced, at least, in 40% when optimizing the deployment of steam and flue gas co-injection for the well studied here
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| spelling | doaj.art-31ed0fd324504c31971c59cb2b1f03432023-04-26T18:29:50ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaDyna0012-73532346-21832021-08-018821810.15446/dyna.v88n218.90341Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluationNicolás Bueno Zapata0Juan M. Mejía Cárdenas1Julián José Martínez Paternina2National University of ColombiaNational University of ColombiaNational University of Colombia In this study, steam co-injection with flue gas or N2 was numerically reproduced to determine the best gas composition to be deployed in a Colombian heavy crude oil, using a commercial reservoir simulation software. The oil mixture was characterized via EoS parameters, with tuning average errors of 5%. Injection conditions were evaluated with thermal simulations to analyze the response in oil production, allowing to find a deployment strategy having the highest recovery with the lowest gas injection volume. Results agree with experimental observations regarding the starting times for co-injection and help to narrow the uncertainty range where gas and steam co-injection is a suitable recovery technique in heavy oil reservoirs. The study showed that the incremental oil recovery factor can be enhanced, at least, in 40% when optimizing the deployment of steam and flue gas co-injection for the well studied here https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/90341non condensable gasesnumerical modelingheavy oilthermal recoveryoptimization |
| spellingShingle | Nicolás Bueno Zapata Juan M. Mejía Cárdenas Julián José Martínez Paternina Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation Dyna non condensable gases numerical modeling heavy oil thermal recovery optimization |
| title | Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation |
| title_full | Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation |
| title_short | Flue gas and nitrogen co-injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs: a numerical evaluation |
| title_sort | flue gas and nitrogen co injection during cyclic steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoirs a numerical evaluation |
| topic | non condensable gases numerical modeling heavy oil thermal recovery optimization |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/dyna/article/view/90341 |
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