Doctoral Dissertations

Keywords and Phrases

Carbon Dioxide Storage; Experimental Study; Immiscible Carbon Dioxide; Unconventional Shale

Abstract

"Unconventional shale reservoirs are currently gaining significant interest due to the huge hydrocarbon volumes that they bear. Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques have been suggested to increase recovery from shale reservoirs. One of the most promising EOR methods is gas EOR (GEOR), most notably carbon dioxide (CO2). Not only can CO2 increase oil recovery by interacting with the oil and the shale, but it has also been shown to adsorb to the shale rock and thus is effective in both EOR applications and also carbon storage purposes. This research aims to experimentally investigate several of the interactions that may impact CO2 injection in shale reservoirs in hopes of defining and quantifying the factors impacting these interactions and how these factors can contribute to an improvement in oil recovery from these reservoirs. This research begins by undergoing a review and data analysis on immiscible CO2 injection to investigate its injection methods, mechanisms, governing equations, and factors influencing its applicability. Following this, a mathematical simulation was undergone to investigate the different CO2 flow regimes that could occur during CO2 injection in shale reservoirs. The interaction of the CO2 with the shale rock via adsorption was investigated by undergoing several adsorption experiments. The CO2 interaction with the oil was also investigated by undergoing oil swelling which is considered the main mechanism by which oil recovery can be increased during immiscible CO2 injection, and asphaltene experiments to investigate the factors impacting these two interactions. Finally, cyclic CO2 injection was performed to determine the oil recovery potential of GEOR from shale reservoirs"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Imqam, Abdulmohsin

Committee Member(s)

Dunn-Norman, Shari
Borrok, David M.
Flori, Ralph E.
ElGawady, Mohamed

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

  • What are the dominant flow regimes during carbon dioxide propagation in shale reservoirs' matrix, natural fractures and hydraulic fractures
  • Critical review of asphaltene properties and factors impacting its stability in crude oil
  • Flow of carbon dioxide in micro and nano pores and its interaction with crude oil to induce asphaltene instability
  • An experimental investigation of asphaltene stability in crude oil during carbon dioxide injection
  • An experimental investigation of immiscible carbon dioxide interactions with crude oil: Oil swelling and asphaltene agitation
  • A data analysis of immiscible carbon dioxide injection applications for enhanced oil recovery based on an updated database
  • A simplified method for experimentally quantifying crude oil swelling during immiscible carbon dioxide injection
  • A review of carbon dioxide adsorption to unconventional shale rocks methodology, measurement and calculation
  • High pressure - high temperature carbon dioxide adsorption to shale rocks using a volumetric method
  • Appication of carbon dioxide injection in shale oil reservoirs for increasing oil recovery and carbon dioxide storage

Pagination

xxx, 328 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographic references.

Rights

© 2020 Sherif Mohamed Hisham Fakher, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 11673

Electronic OCLC #

1164718916

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