Special Oil & Gas Reservoirs ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 1-13.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-6535.2023.01.001

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Development Status and Prospect of EOR Technology in Low-Permeability Reservoirs

Wang Zhe1, Cao Guangsheng1, Bai Yujie1, Wang Peilun2, Wang Xin1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Improving Oil and Gas Recovery (Northeast Petroleum University), Ministry of Education, Daqing, Heilongjiang 163318, China;
    2. Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
  • Received:2021-11-08 Revised:2022-10-23 Online:2023-02-25 Published:2023-03-24

Abstract: Low-permeability reservoirs are rich in reserves, with great commercial value, but they are defective in poor porosity and permeability, high reservoir heterogeneity, poor water absorption capacity, etc., increasing the technical difficulties in development. To address these defects, the technology of enhancing oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs was discussed based on extensive reference. The study results show that low-permeability reservoirs (10.0-50.0 mD) were principally developed by polymer flooding, polymer-surfactant binary flooding, microbial flooding and in-depth profile control and surfactant flooding, extra-low-permeability reservoirs (1.0-10.0 mD) chiefly developed by surfactant flooding, foam flooding and nano-material flooding, and ultra-low-permeability reservoirs (0.1-1.0 mD) primarily developed by imbibition, CO2 flooding, N2 flooding and air flooding, etc. It is the development trend of low-permeability reservoir development in China to gradually improve the oil-displacement mechanism of the replacement medium, develop economical and efficient environment-friendly oil displacement system and promote its application in the field practice. This study provides technical support for efficient development of low-permeability reservoirs.

Key words: low-permeability reservoirs, chemical flooding, gas flooding, enhanced oil recovery, peak carbon dioxide emissions, carbon neutrality

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