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THE PILOT TEST OF ENRICHED-GAS MISCIBLE FLOODING IN CERTAIN OIL FIELD OF ALGERIA

Fengli Zhang

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By considering the reservoir quality and property of crude oil in certain oilfield of Algeria,we choose the representative well group to develop the Enriched-Gas miscible flooding systematically.Based on the laboratory experiment results,this reservoir is suitable to implement the miscible flooding.The slim tube experiment indicates that under the reservoir condition(83.9℃ and 10.2MPa),the MMC of LPG and nature gas is 37.1∶62.9.The results show that the MMC is capable of forming miscible fluid with the formation oil;the long core displacement experiment shows that after the water cut reaches 98%,the miscible flooding is able to enhance the oil recovery more than 15%.By numerical simulation,we analyze the sensitivity of a series of injection parameters including the injection rate,volume,mode and layers.The recommendation scheme is alternative injection in EOR-1 well group and continuous injection in EOR-2 well group,the injection ratio is 600m3/d(under the reservoir condition) and the injection volume is 0.3 PV.The simulation result of recommendation scheme can enhance oil recovery about 14%~15%.The result of pilot test reveals taht there is override phenomenon in EOR-1,the efficiency of miscible flooding is poor,and a kind of treatment is proposed to kill gas breakthrough;while the efficiency of miscible flooding in EOR-2 is very good and inspiring.

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By considering the reservoir quality and property of crude oil in certain oilfield of Algeria,we choose the representative well group to develop the Enriched-Gas miscible flooding systematically.Based on the laboratory experiment results,this reservoir is suitable to implement the miscible flooding.The slim tube experiment indicates that under the reservoir condition(83.9℃ and 10.2MPa),the MMC of LPG and nature gas is 37.1∶62.9.The results show that the MMC is capable of forming miscible fluid with the formation oil;the long core displacement experiment shows that after the water cut reaches 98%,the miscible flooding is able to enhance the oil recovery more than 15%.By numerical simulation,we analyze the sensitivity of a series of injection parameters including the injection rate,volume,mode and layers.The recommendation scheme is alternative injection in EOR-1 well group and continuous injection in EOR-2 well group,the injection ratio is 600m3/d(under the reservoir condition) and the injection volume is 0.3 PV.The simulation result of recommendation scheme can enhance oil recovery about 14%~15%.The result of pilot test reveals taht there is override phenomenon in EOR-1,the efficiency of miscible flooding is poor,and a kind of treatment is proposed to kill gas breakthrough;while the efficiency of miscible flooding in EOR-2 is very good and inspiring.

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By considering the reservoir quality and property of crude oil in certain oilfield of Algeria,we choose the representative well group to develop the Enriched-Gas miscible flooding systematically.Based on the laboratory experiment results,this reservoir is suitable to implement the miscible flooding.The slim tube experiment indicates that under the reservoir condition(83.9℃ and 10.2MPa),the MMC of LPG and nature gas is 37.1∶62.9.The results show that the MMC is capable of forming miscible fluid with the formation oil;the long core displacement experiment shows that after the water cut reaches 98%,the miscible flooding is able to enhance the oil recovery more than 15%.By numerical simulation,we analyze the sensitivity of a series of injection parameters including the injection rate,volume,mode and layers.The recommendation scheme is alternative injection in EOR-1 well group and continuous injection in EOR-2 well group,the injection ratio is 600m3/d(under the reservoir condition) and the injection volume is 0.3 PV.The simulation result of recommendation scheme can enhance oil recovery about 14%~15%.The result of pilot test reveals taht there is override phenomenon in EOR-1,the efficiency of miscible flooding is poor,and a kind of treatment is proposed to kill gas breakthrough;while the efficiency of miscible flooding in EOR-2 is very good and inspiring.

Key concepts: Petroleum engineering, Enhanced oil recovery, Flooding (psychology), Oil field, Volume (thermodynamics), Pilot test, Oil in place, Water flooding

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