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Effects of Diffusion, Adsorption, and Hysteresis on Huff-n-Puff Performance in Ultratight Reservoirs with Different Fluid Types and Injection Gases

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  • Khaled Enab

    (The Petroleum Engineering Program, School of Engineering, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 78041, USA)

  • Hamid Emami-Meybodi

    (John and Willie Leone Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA)

Abstract

Cyclic solvent injection, known as solvent huff-n-puff, is one of the promising techniques for enhancing oil recovery from shale reservoirs. This study investigates the huff-n-puff performance in ultratight shale reservoirs by conducting large-scale numerical simulations for a wide range of reservoir fluid types (retrograde condensate, volatile oil, and black oil) and different injection gases (CO 2 , C 2 H 6 , and C 3 H 8 ). A dual-porosity compositional model is utilized to comprehensively evaluate the impact of multicomponent diffusion, adsorption, and hysteresis on the production performance of each reservoir fluid and the retention capacity of the injection gases. The results show that the huff-n-puff process improves oil recovery by 4–6% when injected with 10% PV of gas. Huff-n-puff efficiency increases with decreasing gas-oil ratio (GOR). C 2 H 6 provides the highest recovery for the black oil and volatile oil systems, and CO 2 provides the highest recovery for retrograde condensate fluid type. Diffusion and adsorption are essential mechanisms to be considered when modeling gas injection in shale reservoirs. However, the relative permeability hysteresis effect is not significant. Diffusion impact increases with GOR, while adsorption impact decreases with increasing GOR. Oil density reduction caused by diffusion is observed more during the soaking period considering that the diffusion of the injected gas caused a low prediction error, while adsorption for the injected gas showed a noticeable error.

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  • Khaled Enab & Hamid Emami-Meybodi, 2021. "Effects of Diffusion, Adsorption, and Hysteresis on Huff-n-Puff Performance in Ultratight Reservoirs with Different Fluid Types and Injection Gases," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-17, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:21:p:7379-:d:673153
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    1. Yuan Zhang & Jinghong Hu & Qi Zhang, 2019. "Simulation Study of CO 2 Huff-n-Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs Considering Molecular Diffusion and Adsorption," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, June.
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    1. Zhengdong Lei & Yishan Liu & Rui Wang & Lei Li & Yuqi Liu & Yuanqing Zhang, 2022. "A Microfluidic Experiment on CO 2 Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Shale Oil Reservoir with High Temperature and Pressure," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-15, December.
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