Utilization of CO 2 as Cushion Gas for Depleted Gas Reservoir Transformed Gas Storage Reservoir

Cheng Cao, Jianxing Liao, Zhengmeng Hou, Hongcheng Xu, Faisal Mehmood and Xuning Wu
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Cheng Cao: Research Center of Energy Storage Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, 38640 Goslar, Germany
Jianxing Liao: Research Center of Energy Storage Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, 38640 Goslar, Germany
Zhengmeng Hou: Research Center of Energy Storage Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, 38640 Goslar, Germany
Hongcheng Xu: PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Langfang 065007, China
Faisal Mehmood: Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Xuning Wu: Research Center of Energy Storage Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, 38640 Goslar, Germany

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: Underground gas storage reservoirs (UGSRs) are used to keep the natural gas supply smooth. Native natural gas is commonly used as cushion gas to maintain the reservoir pressure and cannot be extracted in the depleted gas reservoir transformed UGSR, which leads to wasting huge amounts of this natural energy resource. CO 2 is an alternative gas to avoid this particular issue. However, the mixing of CO 2 and CH 4 in the UGSR challenges the application of CO 2 as cushion gas. In this work, the Donghae gas reservoir is used to investigate the suitability of using CO 2 as cushion gas in depleted gas reservoir transformed UGSR. The impact of the geological and engineering parameters, including the CO 2 fraction for cushion gas, reservoir temperature, reservoir permeability, residual water and production rate, on the reservoir pressure, gas mixing behavior, and CO 2 production are analyzed detailly based on the 15 years cyclic gas injection and production. The results showed that the maximum accepted CO 2 concentration for cushion gas is 9% under the condition of production and injection for 120 d and 180 d in a production cycle at a rate of 4.05 kg/s and 2.7 kg/s, respectively. The typical curve of the mixing zone thickness can be divided into four stages, which include the increasing stage, the smooth stage, the suddenly increasing stage, and the periodic change stage. In the periodic change stage, the mixed zone increases with the increasing of CO 2 fraction, temperature, production rate, and the decreasing of permeability and water saturation. The CO 2 fraction in cushion gas, reservoir permeability, and production rate have a significant effect on the breakthrough of CO 2 in the production well, while the effect of water saturation and temperature is limited.

Keywords: underground gas storage reservoir; cushion gas; CO 2; CO 2 storage; CO 2 utilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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