Abstract:
To address the challenges of weak gravity segregation, high gas channeling risk, and unclear carbon sequestration mechanisms during gas injection in fractured tight oil reservoirs, a method utilizing CO
2-N
2 mixed gas top injection gravity drainage is proposed. This study systematically investigates the synergistic mechanism of enhanced oil recovery and CO
2 sequestration. By coupling a modified Peng-Robinson state equation with CoolProp thermodynamic module, a phase-behavior model for CO
2-N
2 mixed gas was established. Incorporating with a discrete fracture network(DFN), a compositional numerical simulation model for fractured tight oil reservoirs was constructed. By using this model, the impact of mixed gas composition, injection-production parameters, and fracture natures on oil displacement and CO
2 sequestration was studied, and key parameters were optimized. Results show that optimal gravity segregation occurs at a CO
2 molar fraction of 70%, yielding a density difference of 330.2 kg/m
3 against crude oil. In the reservoirs with fracture density of 0.05 fractures·m
−1, top gas injection engaged at a rate of 2×10
4 m
3/d with a injection-production well spacing of 250 m improves the ultimate recovery by 27.3% compared to depletion development. Moreover, 8.7×10
4 t CO
2 sequestration is achieved. Carbon sequestration is primarily achieved through dissolution trapping and residual pore trapping, with sequestration efficiency showing a trend of first increasing and then decreasing with fracture connectivity. Long-term stable CO
2 sequestration is achievable under reservoir conditions of 20 MPa and 57 °C. This research determines the synergistic mechanism and prospect of CO
2-N
2 mixed gas gravity drainage for oil displacement and carbon sequestration in fractured tight oil reservoirs and provides technical support for the synergistic practice of field development and carbon sequestration in similar reservoirs.