Research on Multi-Cycle Injection–Production Displacement Characteristics and Factors Influencing Storage Capacity in Oil Reservoir-Based Underground Gas Storage

Yong Tang (), Peng Zheng, Zhitao Tang, Minmao Cheng and Yong Wang
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Yong Tang: State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Peng Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Zhitao Tang: State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Minmao Cheng: State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Yong Wang: State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-24

Abstract: In order to clarify the feasibility of constructing a gas storage reservoir through synergistic injection and production in the target reservoir, micro-displacement experiments and multi-cycle injection–production experiments were conducted. These experiments investigated the displacement characteristics and the factors affecting storage capacity during the multi-cycle injection–production process for converting the target reservoir into a gas storage facility. Microscopic displacement experiments have shown that the remaining oil is primarily distributed in the dead pores and tiny pores of the core in the form of micro-bead chains and films. The oil displacement efficiency of water flooding followed by gas flooding is 18.61% higher than that of gas flooding alone, indicating that the transition from water flooding to gas flooding can further reduce the liquid saturation and increase the storage capacity space by 2.17%. Single-tube long-core displacement experiments indicate that, during the collaborative construction of a gas storage facility, the overall oil displacement efficiency without a depletion process is approximately 24% higher than that with a depletion process. This suggests that depletion production is detrimental to enhancing oil recovery and expanding the capacity of the gas storage facility. During the cyclic injection–production stage, the crude oil recovery rate increases by 1% to 4%. As the number of cycles increases, the incremental oil displacement efficiency in each stage gradually decreases, and so does the increase in cumulative oil displacement efficiency. Better capacity expansion effects are achieved when gas is produced simultaneously from both ends. Parallel double-tube long-core displacement experiments demonstrate that, when the permeability is the same, the oil displacement efficiencies during the gas flooding stage and the cyclic injection–production stage are essentially identical. When there is a permeability contrast, the oil displacement efficiency of the high-permeability core is 9.56% higher than that of the low-permeability core. The ratio of the oil displacement efficiency between the high-permeability end and the low-permeability end is positively correlated with the permeability contrast; the greater the permeability contrast, the larger the ratio. The research findings can provide a reference for enhancing oil recovery and expanding the capacity of the target reservoir when it is converted into a gas storage facility.

Keywords: storage in oil fields; multi-cycle injection and production; displacement characteristics; reservoir capacity (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: 2025
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