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Field Scale Simulation Study of Miscible Water Alternating CO<sub>2</sub> Injection Process in Fractured Reservoirs
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
- 1 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
- 2 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
- 3 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
- 4 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
- 5 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch, Firoozabad, Iran
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Abstract
Vast amounts of world oil reservoirs are in natural fractured reservoirs. There are different methods for increasing recovery from fractured reservoirs. Miscible injection of water alternating CO 2 is a good choice among EOR methods. In this method, water and CO 2 slugs are injected alternatively in reservoir as miscible agent into reservoir. This paper studies water injection scenario and miscible injection of water and CO 2 in a two dimensional, inhomogeneous fractured reservoir. The results show that miscible water alternating CO 2 gas injection leads to 3.95% increase in final oil recovery and total water production decrease of 3.89% comparing to water injection scenario.
KeywordsSimulation StudyCO<sub>2</sub>Water Alternating Gas InjectionFractured Reservoirs
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