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Determination of CO2-Live Oil Miscibility Condition Using Vanishing Interfacial Tension Method

계면장력 소멸방법을 이용한 CO2-용해가스오일 혼화상태 결정

Byunghoon Lee1
,
Wisup Bae1*
,
Byungun Min1
이 병훈1
,
배 위섭1*
,
민 병언1
1세종대학교 에너지자원공학과
* Corresponding Author
31 October 2018. pp. 431-440
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Abstract

Miscibility condition is an important parameter for CO2-EOR process. In order to optimize the CO2 injection process, miscibility should be tested in advance. VIT method is the one of the main methods for evaluating miscibility condition. It is cost effective, accurate and requires smaller amount of crude oil sample and time saving experiment. Many experiments have been implemented using dead oil and we determined miscibility condition using VIT method with CO2-live oil at reservoir condition. MMP and FCMP were estimated according to the methane solubility and various temperature changes. Pb was measured to verify the reliability of the synthetic live oil. Pb is compared to the data from authorized organization (LEMIGAS) and validated reliability of synthetic live oil. VIT experiment results show that the amount of solution gas increases both MMP and FCMP. When the temperature increases, MMP and FCMP increased rapidly for both dead oil and live oil experiment.

Keywords
Live/CO2 miscible condition
MMP
FCMP
VIT
CCE test

CO2-EOR공법에서 혼화압력측정은 중요한 과정 중 하나로 CO2 주입의 최적설계를 위해서는 혼화압력인 MMP(최소혼화압력)와 FCMP(초기접촉혼화압력) 측정이 필수적이다. 계면장력소멸방법은 혼화압력을 측정하는 방법 중 하나로 적은 양의 오일을 이용하면서 비용효율적이고, 정확한 방법이다. 혼화압력측정 연구는 대부분 무용해가스오일(Dead oil)을 이용하는 방식으로 이루어져 왔으나 본 연구에서는 저류층 조건을 정확히 모사하기 위해 용해가스를 오일과 혼합하여 용해가스오일(Live oil)로 제조하여 진행하였으며, 용해가스의 양과 온도에 따른 MMP와 FCMP 값을 측정하였다. 용해가스오일은 CCE(동성분리팽창)실험을 통해 기포점 압력을 측정하여, 공인된 기관인 LEMIGAS의 검증된 자료와 비교함으로써 제조된 오일의 유사성을 확인하였다. 계면장력소멸실험에서는 메탄가스의 용해도가 증가함에 따라 MMP, FCMP 값이 증가하였으며, 온도가 증가하면 무용해가스오일 및 용해가스오일/CO2, 두 시스템 모두 MMP, FCMP 값이 큰 폭으로 증가함을 확인하였다.

키워드
용해가스오일/CO2 혼화상태
최소혼화압력
초기접촉혼화압력
계면장력 소멸방법
동성분리팽창실험
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
  • Volume : 55
  • No :5
  • Pages :431-440
  • Received Date : 2018-08-03
  • Revised Date : 2018-10-19
  • Accepted Date : 2018-10-26
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.32390/ksmer.2018.55.5.431
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