Microscopic Mechanism for the Displacement of Shale Oil by CO 2 in Organic Nanopores

Xiangji Dou, Pengfei Zhu, Guodong Qi, Yanfeng He, Dongdong Shao and Kun Qian
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Xiangji Dou: School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Pengfei Zhu: School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Guodong Qi: Jiangsu Oilfield Company, Sinopec Group, Yangzhou 225000, China
Yanfeng He: School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Dongdong Shao: School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Kun Qian: School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: The effective displacement of the shale oil from organic nanopores plays a significant role in development of the shale oil reservoirs. In order to deeply understand the microscopic displacement mechanism of alkane of shale oil by CO 2 in organic nanopores, microscopic pore model of organic matter and molecular model of CO 2 and n-dodecane were established to investigate the influences of key parameters on the displacement process by using the Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation method. The instantaneous adsorption of molecules demonstrates that the displacement of n-dodecane and the adsorption of CO 2 are proportional to the increase of the injection pressure of CO 2 as well as the pore size. In addition, the results also show that the adsorption capacity of CO 2 first increases and then decreases with the increase of the temperature, which indicates that the optimum temperature exists for the adsorption of CO 2 . This work can provide critical insights into understanding the microscopic displacement mechanism of shale oil by CO 2 in organic nanopores in shale oil reservoirs and lay a solid foundation for the CO 2 flooding in the shale oil reservoir and the CO 2 storage.

Keywords: shale oil; n-dodecane; CO 2; molecular dynamics simulation; displacement (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: 2022
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