Development of a method for evaluating carbon dioxide miscible flooding prospects. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5915960· OSTI ID:5915960

Green, D W; Swift, G W

Research was undertaken to develop a method of evaluating reservoirs as prospects for carbon dioxide flooding. Evaluation was to be based on a determination of miscibility pressure and displacement efficiency under idealized conditions. To reach the objective, project work was divided into five areas: (1) conducting of phase-equilibrium studies of carbon dioxide with synthetic oils; (2) application of an equation of state to simulate the phase behavior of carbon dioxide - oil systems; (3) conducting of linear displacements of crude oils and synthetic oils by carbon dioxide in a slim-tube apparatus; (4) application of the equation of state, the phase-behavior data and slim-tube data to develop a method of screening reservoirs for carbon dioxide flooding based on determination of minimum miscibility pressure and displacement efficiency; (5) development of a one-dimensional mathematical model, based on the equation of state, for application in conjunction with the results of Parts 1 to 4. The accomplishments for these five areas are discussed in five chapters. 44 references, 90 figures, 42 tables.

• Research Organization: Kansas Univ., Lawrence (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC19-79BC10122
• OSTI ID: 5915960
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/10122-50; ON: DE85000119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
PHASE STUDIES
OIL WELLS
CARBON DIOXIDE
ENHANCED RECOVERY
EQUATIONS OF STATE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PETROLEUM
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUATIONS
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INFORMATION
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
WELLS
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