Energies, Vol. 18, Pages 6630: Numerical Simulation Study on Synergistic Influencing Factors of CO2 Flooding and Geological Storage in Low-Permeability and High-Water-Cut Reservoirs
Energies doi: 10.3390/en18246630
Authors:
Qi Wang
Jihong Zhang
Guantong Huo
Peng Wang
Fei Li
Xinjian Tan
Qiang Xie
How to economically and effectively mobilize remaining oil and achieve carbon sequestration after water flooding in low-permeability, high-water-cut reservoirs is an urgent challenge. This study, focusing on Block Y of the Daqing Oilfield, employs numerical simulation to systematically reveal the synergistic influencing mechanisms of CO2 flooding and geological storage. A three-dimensional compositional model characterizing this reservoir was constructed, with a focus on analyzing the controlling effects of key geological (depth, heterogeneity, physical properties) and engineering (gas injection rate, gas injection volume, bottom-hole flowing pressure) parameters on the displacement and storage processes. Simulation results indicate that the low-permeability characteristics of Block Y effectively suppress gas channeling, enabling a CO2 flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR) increment of 15.65%. Increasing reservoir depth significantly improves both oil recovery and storage efficiency by improving the mobility ratio and enhancing gravity segregation. Parameter optimization is key to achieving synergistic benefits: the optimal gas injection rate is 700–900 m3/d, the economically reasonable gas injection volume is 0.4–0.5 PV, and the optimal bottom-hole flowing pressure is 9–10 MPa. This study confirms that for Block Y and similar high-water-cut, low-permeability reservoirs, CO2 flooding is a highly promising replacement technology; through optimized design, it can simultaneously achieve significant crude oil production increase and efficient CO2 storage.