Integrating CO2-EOR and Sequestration via Assisting Steam Huff and Puff in Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs with Bottom Water

Abstract

CO2-assisted steam huff and puff is an effective method to improve oil recovery and store CO2 in heavy oil reservoirs. However, few studies focused on complex geological formations, such as bottom water. The bottom water condition not only complicates the process of oil production and CO2 sequestration, but also makes migration and distribution of oil, water and CO2 unclear. In this paper, a numerical geological model of an offshore heavy oil reservoir with bottom water is established to analyze the influence of bottom water on injection and production parameters, oil recovery and CO2 storage capability under vertical and horizontal well layouts. The results show that the bottom water could maintain the formation pressure, but reduce the steam chamber radius and heavy oil utilization area, increase water production and decrease the oil–water ratio. CO2 could enhance oil recovery in the bottom water reservoir. Oil development indicators of the horizontal well are higher than the vertical well. Meanwhile, CO2-assisted steam huff and puff use in the bottom water reservoir can create a high-pressure and -temperature environment to make CO2 supercritical, as it has better CO2 storage capability and efficiency. The CO2 storage efficiency of the horizontal well is 63% larger than the vertical well. Thus, the horizontal well layout should be used as a priority if bottom water presents. Conducted analysis of bottom water formation sensitivity parameters shows that the advantageous formation conditions are high oil saturation, porosity of 0.2–0.4 and permeability of 2000–3000 mD. The influence degrees of each formation parameter were evaluated as well.

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