Abstract:
Tight reservoirs have low permeability, small porosity, and pervasive micro-nano pores, so water flooding has poor development effects. The use of CCUS-EOR (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage-Enhanced Oil Recovery) technology can realize the geological sequestration of CO
2 in the reservoir while improving the crude oil recovery efficiency. Currently, research on CO
2 sequestration mechanisms focuses mainly on saline aquifer sequestration, with less emphasis on adsorption and sequestration during CO
2 flooding in tight oil reservoirs under water containing conditions. To address the above problems, we established a pore wall model for tight reservoirs using hydroxylated quartz cells based on molecular simulation methods, in which the fluid component models of CO
2, crude oil short-chain alkanes, and water were contained; and investigated the competitive adsorption characteristics of CO
2 and crude oil short-chain alkanes under water containing conditions. Results show that under water containing conditions, the adsorption isotherms of each component during the competitive adsorption of CO
2 and CH
4, CO
2 and C
2H
6 were in accordance with the class I adsorption isotherm, and the absolute adsorption amount, excess adsorption amount, and heat adsorption of CO
2 were larger than those of CH
4 and C
2H
6. The adsorption of CO
2 and crude oil short-chain alkanes on the quartz wall was physical. Under simulation conditions, the number of water molecules had a significant impact on the adsorption amount of CO
2 and a relatively small impact on the adsorption amount of CH
4. The increase in the proportion of CO
2 increased CO
2 adsorption amount but decreased CH
4 adsorption amount. The increase of temperature reduced the absolute adsorption amount of CO
2 and CH
4. The increase of pore size increased the absolute and excess adsorption amounts of both CO
2 and CH
4. The type of wall mineral showed a significant impact on the adsorption capacity of CO
2 and CH
4.