Development of miscibility in four-component CO2 floods

F. M. Orr, Russell Taylor Johns, Birol Dindoruk

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Abstract

A rigorous tie-line extension criterion for the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) is derived for dispersion-free, 1D displacements in four-component systems in which CO2 displaces oil containing dissolved methane. The key tie-lines required for application of the MMP criterion are obtained by a simple graphical construction. A simplified technique for construction of solutions is demonstrated for the CO2/methane/butane/decane system. The new technique makes solution of certain four-component problems not much more difficult than solution of a Buckley-Leverett displacement of oil by water.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)135-142
Number of pages8
JournalSPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1993

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Process Chemistry and Technology

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