Experimental investigation of thermal decomposition of Bazhenov formation kerogen: Mechanism and application for thermal enhanced oil recovery

Bondarenko, T. M.; Kozlova, Elena; Зверева, И. А.; Chislov, Mikhail; Myshenkov, Mikhail S.; Novakowski, Vadim

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2016.12.011

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“…With respect to in situ combustion, on the one hand, very low formation permeability of shales and tight reservoirs may reduce the well injectivity of air (injected gas) [42,67]. On the other hand, a huge surface area of the grains due to low permeability will enhance the reactivity of oil with the injected gas.…”

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“…Bondarenko et al [42] investigated the process of thermal decomposition of kerogen by combustion. In order to comprehensively characterize the thermal decomposition of kerogen, three distinct sets of experiments were carried out.…”

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“…With respect to shales, the thermal EOR methods applied must be capable of providing the adequate heat required to convert the kerogen mobile hydrocarbons. Hence, not all the thermal methods that are applicable to a conventional reservoir could be applied to shale and tight formations [42,43,50,51]. For generation of hydrocarbons, a temperature above 300 • C is required.…”

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Tight and Shale Oil Exploration: A Review of the Global Experience and a Case of West Siberia

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Shale and tight oil reservoirs, with horizontal wells and hydraulic fractures, typically have a recovery ratio of around 10%. The exploration of tight oil and shale in North America has proven economically viable, thanks to advancements, such as horizontal wells, hydraulic fracturing, and other enhanced oil recovery techniques. Taking inspiration from the global experience (the North American shale experience), the exploration and development of the West Siberian tight and shale reserves was more focused on the reported best practices of the exploration of North American shale. In this study, the advance in the specific areas of shale and tight oil exploration was considered, with more emphasis placed on the progress in the exploration of West Siberian shales. According to the review literature, thermal enhanced recovery methods capable of converting organic matter into hydrocarbons were studied more than other methods of enhanced oil recovery. Aligned with global trends, there has been a growing focus on research aiming to integrate data-driven approaches and pore-scale simulations to enhance recovery from tight and shale formations. Multiple pilot studies have showcased promising prospects for implementing multistage hydraulic fracturing. Nevertheless, there are limited pilot studies dedicated to enhanced oil recovery methods for West Siberian shale.

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“…The rich kerogen organic matter is in the immature oil shale stage, which can produce pyrolysis oil and gas under heating conditions (Kang et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2021). In underground oil shale in-situ conversion mining, an underground oil shale reservoir is directly heated to generate high temperatures for converting the oil shale inside the solid kerogen into useful oil gas via pyrolysis (Bondarenko et al, 2017;Zhao et al, 2020). Accordingly, a ground mining method via a specific process is required for the industrial development of oil shale.…”

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Evaluation of bedding effect on the bursting liability of coal and coal-rock combination under different bedding dip angles

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Liu

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Heat injection is essential for oil shale in-situ conversion technology. The downhole of the heat injection well reaches temperatures above 400 • C during the process of heat injection, and part of the high-temperature gas dissipates through the wellbore annulus. Consequently, in addition to causing energy loss, the dissipation causes thermal damage to the casing and wellhead. To avoid dissipation, components that are suitable for high-temperature environments should be sealed and used during heat injection while mining. Therefore, this study presents the design of a packer composed of elastic graphite rubber and a high-temperature-resistant material. The influence of numerous factors, such as downhole temperature, working load, and height of rubber, on the reliability of the packer was analyzed. Subsequently, the numerical simulation analysis of the packer reliability in insitu conversion mining under high temperature and pressure environments was performed. The results indicate that when the operating temperature is stable, the operating load has the most obvious influence on the sealing reliability of the packer, whereas the change in the height of the rubber has the least significant effect on the maximum contact stress between the casing and rubber. The change in the operating temperature has the least significant effect on the overall sealing performance of the packer. Moreover, the rise of the temperature will increase the sealing reliability of the packer, and on the contrary, the drop in the temperature will decrease it.

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“…Enhanced oil recovery methods are technologies for extracting oil which is not producible with conventional methods (Babadagli 2003;Manrique et al 2010;Pal et al 2018;Park et al 2018). These methods are categorized as follows: thermal methods (Bondarenko et al 2017), chemical methods (Bera et al 2017;Elyaderani and Jafari 2019;Fortenberry et al 2016;Singh and Mahto 2017;Yousefvand and Jafari 2018), gas injection (Alagorni et al 2015;Ren and Nguyen 2017;Salehi et al 2014), and others (Bera and Babadagli 2015;Geetha et al 2018;Kazemzadeh et al 2019). Figure 1 shows different oil recovery methods (Kokal and Al-Kaabi 2010).…”

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Application of CFD technique to simulate enhanced oil recovery processes: current status and future opportunities

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Nowadays, because of the reduction in oil resources and the passage of the first and second life period of current reservoirs, using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods is of great importance. In recent years, due to the developments in technology and the advent of powerful computers, using simulation methods in enhanced oil recovery processes is on the rise. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, as a branch of fluid mechanics, is a suitable method for studying and simulating EOR methods. In this study, a review was done on the application of CFD studies for simulating EOR methods. Also, potentials for future studies and the challenges researchers may face in this method were mentioned. Although using this method in enhanced oil recovery processes has recently started, different areas for more studies still exist. To optimize the usage of this method in future studies, the necessity of multiphase models and solution methods development, as well as considering all microscopic parameters such as interfacial tension and viscosity in investigating oil recovery factor is of great importance.

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Experimental investigation of thermal decomposition of Bazhenov formation kerogen: Mechanism and application for thermal enhanced oil recovery

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Tight and Shale Oil Exploration: A Review of the Global Experience and a Case of West Siberia

Tight and Shale Oil Exploration: A Review of the Global Experience and a Case of West Siberia

Evaluation of bedding effect on the bursting liability of coal and coal-rock combination under different bedding dip angles

Application of CFD technique to simulate enhanced oil recovery processes: current status and future opportunities

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