页岩超低温液氮辅助CO2吞吐试验研究

Experimental Study on Improving Permeability of Shale by CO2 Huff and Puff Assisted by Ultra-Low Temperature Liquid Nitrogen

  • 摘要: 页岩储层岩石致密、孔喉细小、渗透率极低,明确页岩渗流机理是提高页岩油气采收率的关键。为此,进行了页岩岩心液氮(LN2)低温处理试验和循环注CO2吞吐试验,分析了页岩经液氮低温处理后不同注气压力循环注气吞吐对页岩油采收率、岩心物性和油气两相相对渗透率的影响,明确了处理前后微观孔隙结构的变化特征。试验结果表明,LN2注入页岩后可产生313.5 MPa热应力,诱导形成微裂缝。LN2气化体积膨胀作用和循环注CO2吞吐能够在形成的微裂缝中形成再加压机制,扩展诱导裂缝,提高渗流能力。CO2吞吐采收率与注入压力成正比,超临界态CO2首轮吞吐采收率和3轮吞吐累计采收率比亚临界态CO2高32.4%和34.9%,提高幅度达154.6%和101.7%。高压注CO2所需的吞吐次数减少,产出油量主要来源于前2轮吞吐。与初始页岩岩心相比,超临界态CO2循环吞吐后岩心平均孔径增大176%,最大油、气相对渗透率分别提高了1.8倍和2.3倍。研究结果对页岩油气增产具有一定的参考价值。

     

    Abstract: The shale reservoir has tight rock, small pore throat, and very low permeability The knowledge of flow mechanism in shale is the key to improving the recovery of shale oil and gas. By conducting low-temperature liquid nitrogen (LN2) treatment experiments on shale cores and experiments of cyclic injection of CO2, the effects of cyclic gas injection at different injection pressures after low-temperature LN2 treatment on the recovery of shale oil, physical properties of cores, and relative permeability of oil and gas were studied, and the changes in the microscopic pore structure before and after the treatment were identified. The experimental results show that after LN2 injection, the shale can generate a thermal stress of 313.5 MPa, inducing the formation of micro-fractures. The volume expansion effect of LN2 vaporization and cyclic injection for CO2 can form a re-pressurization mechanism in the core after the formation of micro-fractures, expanding the induced fractures and improving the permeability. The recovery by CO2 huff and puff is proportional to the injection pressure. The cumulative recovery by the first and third rounds of supercritical CO2 huff and puff are 32.4% and 34.9% higher than those of subcritical CO2 , with an increase of 154.6% and 101.7%, respectively. The number of required huff and puff cycles for high-pressure CO2 injection is reduced, and the produced oil mainly comes from the first two rounds of huff and puff. Compared with that of the initial shale core, after supercritical cyclic CO2 huff and puff, the average pore size increases by 176%, and the maximum relative permeability of oil and gas increase by 1.8 and 2.3 times, respectively. The research results provide a reference for the production increase of shale oil and gas.

     

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