Modeling phase equilibria for a water-CO2-hydrocarbon mixture using CPA equation of state in CO2 injection EOR-storage processes: a Colombian case study

Juan David Aristizabal Marulanda; Cristiam David Cundar Paredes; Christian David Guerrero Benavides; Andres Aguirre; Juan Andres Pasos; Ivan Dario Moncayo Riascos; Marco Ruiz; Pedro Nel Benjumea Hernández; William Mauricio Agudelo; Raúl Osorio Gallego

doi:10.29047/01225383.721

Juan David Aristizabal Marulanda Meridian Consulting Ltda. Bogota, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9170-6777
Cristiam David Cundar Paredes Ecopetrol S.A, Bogotá, Colombia https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0737-3226
Christian David Guerrero Benavides SGS Consulting, Bogotá, Colombia https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9566-3872
Andres Aguirre Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1675-0725
Juan Andres Pasos Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7020-4426
Ivan Dario Moncayo Riascos Meridian Consulting Ltda. Bogotá, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-3493
Marco Ruiz Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1372-7925
Pedro Nel Benjumea Hernández Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3490-7845
William Mauricio Agudelo Ecopetrol S.A. – Instituto Colombiano del petróleo (ICP), Piedecuesta, Santander, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4086-878X
Raúl Osorio Gallego Ecopetrol S.A, Bogotá, Colombia https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2803-548X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29047/01225383.721

Keywords: CO2 Injection, Depleted Reservoir, Compositional Gradient, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, CPA (Cubic-Plus-Association) Equation of State (EoS)

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Currently, it is necessary to reduce CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere. The oil industry in Colombia can contribute through CO₂ injection processes in depleted fields. To achieve this, it is essential to have knowledge of the physicochemical interactions of CO₂ with reservoir fluids. To integrate CO₂, water and hydrocarbon phases, advanced models are required that capture the phenomenology of thermodynamic equilibrium. The CPA (Cubic-Plus-Association) equation of state is an equation that adds an associative term to model the interaction of water with the hydrocarbon and CO₂ phase.

In this work, the CO₂ injection process is thermodynamically modeled in a depleted Colombian reservoir case study. There is a compositional fluid with a gradient of PVT properties in a vertical relief of 10,000 ft at a depletion condition of 2,000 psi @ 15,374 ft and an oil-water contact (OWC) at 17,000 ft. CO₂ injections between 10 and 80 mol% were carried out, and through the CPA equation of state, the swelling conditions of the crude oil, the solubility of CO₂ in the formation water and the pressurization of the system were evaluated. The associative parameters of the equation were taken from literature and estimated through molecular dynamics simulations of water-CO₂-Hydrocarbon interactions.

This thermodynamic modeling with an advanced equation of state and use of molecular dynamics simulations allowed us to simulate different CO₂ injection scenarios in a compositional fluid. The development of these types of studies is key to carrying out successful CO₂ injection processes focused on enhanced recovery (EOR) and CO₂ storage in the porous medium in a Colombian-depleted compositional reservoir.

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Aristizabal Marulanda, J. D., Cundar Paredes, C. D., Guerrero Benavides, C. D., Aguirre, A., Pasos, J. A., Moncayo Riascos, I. D., … Osorio Gallego, R. (2024). Modeling phase equilibria for a water-CO2-hydrocarbon mixture using CPA equation of state in CO2 injection EOR-storage processes: a Colombian case study. CT&F - Ciencia, Tecnología Y Futuro, 14(1), 61–77. https://doi.org/10.29047/01225383.721

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