Korean Chemical Engineering Research

The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (한국화학공학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

The Prediction of Minimum Miscible Pressure for CO2 EOR using a Process Simulator

  • Salim, Felicia (Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Seojin (Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Saputra, Dadan D.S.M. (Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Bae, Wisup (Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Jaihyo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, In-Won (Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2015.09.03
  • Accepted : 2016.07.11
  • Published : 2016.10.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Carbon dioxide injection is a widely known method of enhanced oil recovery (EOR). It is critical for the $CO_2$ EOR that the injected $CO_2$ to reach a condition fully miscible with oil. To reach the miscible point, a certain level of pressure is required, which is known as minimum miscibility pressure (MMP). In this study, a MMP prediction method using a process simulator is proposed. To validate the results of the simulation, those are compared to a slim tube experiment and several empirical correlations of previous literatures. Aspen HYSYS is utilized as the process simulator to create a model of $CO_2$/crude oil encounter. The results of the study show that the process simulator model is capable of predicting MMP and comparable to other published methods.

Keywords

References

  1. Whorton, L. P., U.S. Patent No. 2,623,596. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1952).
  2. NETL. $CO_2$-EOR primer: Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery. Retrieved August 2014, from http://www.netl.doe.gov/file%20library/research/oil-gas/$CO_2$_EOR_Primer.pdf. (2010).
  3. Shokir, E. M. E. M., "$CO_2$-oil Minimum Miscibility Pressure Model for Impure and Pure $CO_2$ Streams," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 58(1), 173-185(2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2006.12.001
  4. Jarrell, P. M., "Practical aspects of $CO_2$ flooding. Richardson, Tex.: Henry L. Doherty Memorial Fund of AIME," Society of Petroleum Engineers (2002).
  5. Yellig, W. F. and Metcalfe, R. S., "Determination and Prediction of $CO_2$ Minimum Miscibility Pressures (includes associated paper 8876)," Journal of Petroleum Technology, 32(01), 160-168(1980). https://doi.org/10.2118/7477-PA
  6. Holm, L. W. and Josendal, V. A., "Mechanisms of Oil Displacement by Carbon Dioxide," Journal of petroleum Technology, 26(12), 1-427(1974).
  7. Williams, C. A., Zana, E. N. and Humphrys, G. E., "Use of the Peng-Robinson Equation of State to Predict Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior and Miscibility for Fluid Displacement. In SPE/DOE Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium," Society of Petroleum Engineers (1980).
  8. Holm, L. W., "Miscibility and Miscible Displacement," Journal of Petroleum Technology, 38(08), 817-818(1986). https://doi.org/10.2118/15794-PA
  9. Zick, A. A., A Combined Condensing/Vaporizing Mechanism in the Displacement of Oil by Enriched Gases. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 5-8 October. SPE-15493-MS. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/15493-MS (1986).
  10. Christiansen, R. L. and Haines, H. K., "Rapid Measurement of Minimum Miscibility Pressure with the Rising-bubble Apparatus," SPE Reservoir Engineering, 2(04), 523-527(1987). https://doi.org/10.2118/13114-PA
  11. Wu, R. S. and Batycky, J. P., "Evaluation of Miscibility from Slim Tube Tests," Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, 29(06), (1990).
  12. Elsharkawy, A. M., Poettmann, F. H. and Christiansen, R. L., "Measuring $CO_2$ Minimum Miscibility Pressures: Slim-tube or Rising-bubble Method," Energy & Fuels, 10(2), 443-449(1996). https://doi.org/10.1021/ef940212f
  13. Rao, D. N., "A New Technique of Vanishing Interfacial Tension for Miscibility Determination," Fluid Phase Equilibria, 139(1), 311-324(1997). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(97)00180-5
  14. Rao, D. N. and Lee, J. I., "Application of the New Vanishing Interfacial Tension Technique to Evaluate Miscibility Conditions for the Terra Nova Offshore Project," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 35(3), 247-262(2002). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-4105(02)00246-2
  15. Council, NP., Enhanced oil recovery - an analysis of the potential for enhanced oil recovery from known fields in the United States - 1976-2000, Washington, DC; 1976.
  16. Lee, J. I., "Effectiveness of Carbon Dioxide Displacement Under Miscible and Immiscible Conditions," Report RR-40, Petroleum Recovery Inst., Calgary (1979).
  17. Stalkup Jr, F. I., "Status of Miscible Displacement," Journal of Petroleum Technology, 35(04), 815-826(1983). https://doi.org/10.2118/9992-PA
  18. Cronquist, C., "Carbon Dioxide Dynamic Miscibility with Light Reservoir Oils," Proc. Fourth Annual U.S. DOE Symposium, Tulsa, 28-30(1978).
  19. Orr Jr, F. M. and Jensen, C. M., "Interpretation of Pressure-Composition Phase Diagrams for $CO_2$/Crude-oil Systems," Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 24(5), 485-497(1984). https://doi.org/10.2118/11125-PA
  20. Glass, O., "Generalized Minimum Miscibility Pressure Correlation (includes associated papers 15845 and 16287)," Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 25(06), 927-934(1985). https://doi.org/10.2118/12893-PA
  21. Enick, R. M., Holder, G. D. and Morsi, B. I., "A Thermodynamic Correlation for the Minimum Miscibility Pressure in $CO_2$ Flooding of Petroleum Reservoirs," SPE Reservoir Engineering, 3(01), 81-92(1988). https://doi.org/10.2118/14518-PA
  22. Harmon, R. A. and Grigg, R. B., "Vapor-density Measurement for Estimating Minimum Miscibility Pressure (includes associated papers 19118 and 19500)," SPE reservoir engineering, 3(04), 1-215(1988).
  23. Lange, E. A., "Correlation and Prediction of Residual Oil Saturation for Gas Injection EOR Processes," In Symposium on improved oil recovery, 245-254(1996).
  24. Wang, Y. adn Orr Jr, F. M., "Calculation of Minimum Miscibility Pressure," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 27(3), 151-164(2000). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-4105(00)00059-0
  25. Huang, Y. F., Huang, G. H., Dong, M. Z. and Feng, G. M., "Development of An Artificial Neural Network Model For Predicting Minimum Miscibility Pressure in $CO_2$ Flooding," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 37(1), 83-95(2003). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-4105(02)00312-1
  26. Yuan, H., Johns, R. T., Egwuenu, A. M. and Dindoruk, B., "Improved MMP Correlation for $CO_2$ Floods Using Analytical Theory," SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 8(05), 418-425(2005). https://doi.org/10.2118/89359-PA
  27. Shokrollahi, A., Arabloo, M., Gharagheizi, F. and Mohammadi, A. H., "Intelligent Model for Prediction of $CO_2$-Reservoir Oil Minimum Miscibility Pressure," Fuel, 112, 375-384(2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2013.04.036
  28. Jaubert, J. N. and Mutelet, F., "VLE Predictions with the Peng-Robinson Equation of State and Temperature Dependent Kij Calculated Through a Group Contribution Method," Fluid Phase Equilibria, 224(2), 285-304(2004). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2004.06.059
  29. Jaubert, J. N., Vitu, S., Mutelet, F. and Corriou, J. P., "Extension of the PPR78 model (predictive 1978, Peng-Robinson EOS with temperature dependent k ij calculated through a group contribution method) to Systems Containing Aromatic Compounds," Fluid Phase Equilibria, 237(1), 193-211(2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2005.09.003