Research on deepwater CCUS-EOR technology under the FPSO production and recycling injection of produced-gas
Author of the article:YU Yang1,2, LI Yunbo1,2, YANG Zhaopeng1,2, LUO Qiang1,2, LIU Zhangcong1,2, LI Jian1,2
Author's Workplace:1. China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation, Beijing, 100034, China; 2. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing, 100083, China
Key Words:Deepwater; CCUS; Enhanced oil recovery; Recycling injection; Gas alternating water flooding
Abstract:
The development of deepwater oil fields faces numerous
constraints, such as platform weight and space limitations, as well as
restrictions on enhanced oil recovery schemes, posing economic and
environmental challenges. The onshore Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage-Enhanced Oil Recovery(CCUS-EOR) development mode is not entirely applicable.
Deepwater CCUS-EOR
technology adopts a production-capture-utilization-storage
process based on multi-stage
treatment of produced gas, establishing a zero-emission,
offshore oil, gas, and water closed-loop
processing system centered around the Floating Production Storage and
Offloading(FPSO) unit, achieving minimum CO2 emissions during the processes of
oil and gas extraction, processing, storage, and transportation. Under the
production constraints of the offshore closed-loop
processing of produced fluids from FPSO, a development method of combining high
CO2 content miscible produced gas and water alternating flooding for oil
recovery has been implemented, fully leveraging the synergistic advantages of
the two-injection media to
enhance oil recovery. Deepwater CCUS-EOR
technology requires the optimal selection of injection parameters and the
adoption of a deepwater CCUS-EOR
reservoir management system, thereby achieving the best results in enhanced oil
recovery and CO2 storage. The deepwater CCUS-EOR
technology, under the FPSO production and recycling injection of produced gas
method, provides a new solution for the green development of deepwater oil
fields and is of significant importance for promoting the low-carbon transformation of the global energy
industry.