1、Carbon Dioxide Flooding in Central Kansas Reservoirs,G. Paul Willhite Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Advisory Board October 19-20,2001,Minimum Miscibility Pressure,Requirements for Carbon Dioxide Miscible Flooding,Minimum miscibility pressure must be determined for Kansas crude
2、oils Must be possible to re-pressure reservoir to reach MMP during the displacement process Carbon dioxide must be available at a price that will make the process economic,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Minimum Miscibility Pressure in Hall-Gurney LKC,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Outline of Presentat
3、ion,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Project Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New Partner Expanded DOE Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Outline of Presentation,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Project Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New P
4、artner Expanded DOE Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Central Kansas Initiative Overall Objective,Verify technical and economic viability of the application of CO2 miscible flooding to Central Kansas oil fieldsCritical element: Demonstrate sufficient field performance(oil in the tank) to justify
5、 the development of a carbon dioxide pipeline into Central Kansas,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Components of Carbon Dioxide Program,Phase I:Conduct a feasibility study on Arbuckle and Lansing Kansas City Reservoirs(KTEC Contract)Phase II: Select a site and design one or more field pilot CO2 miscibl
6、e floods(DOE Class Program Revisited),Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Components of Carbon Dioxide Program(Continued),Phase III: Construct and operate the CO2 pilot(DOE Class Program Revisited)Phase IV: Evaluate technical and economic performance of pilot(DOE Class Program Revisited)Phase V: Build a C
7、O2 pipeline into Central Kansas(Kinder Morgan),Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Outline of Presentation,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Project Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New Partner Expanded DOE Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Field Demonstration of CO2 Miscibl
8、e Flooding in the L-KC, Central Kansas,Class II Revisited DE-AC26-00BC15124,MV Energy LLC,March 7,2000,L-KC Recoveries in Hall-Gurney and Trapp, 8 MBO/acre,6-8 MBO/acre,4-6 MBO/acre,2-4 MBO/acre,Cumulative Production Primary + Secondary Lansing-Kansas City (Per Section Basis),Kansas Geological Surve
9、y,Project Economics,Total Project $5.4 million $2.0M CO2 Purchase, transport, recycling $1.5M Research, Technology Transfer $1.1M Capital Costs (wells, etc.) $0.8M Operations (6 years)Funding $2.4M Kinder-Morgan CO2 Co. LP and Murfin Drilling Company $1.9M U.S. Department of Energy $1.0M KGS and TOR
10、P $0.1M Kansas Department of Commerce,DOE Class Program Revisited,Central Kansas CO2 Demonstration ProjectPhase 1-Reservoir Characterization( 1 Year)Phase 2-Field Demonstration(4 years)Phase 3-Monitoring(1 year),Demonstration Design Summary,55 acre, nine-spot 2 CO2 injectors 7 Producers 5 Containmen
11、t Water Injectors 0.843 BCF CO2 injected-WAG 4.6 year operating life 80,000 BO estimated recovery during DOE 20,000 BO in 3 years after DOE Project,Outline of Presentation,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Project Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New Partner Expanded DOE P
12、roject,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Carbon Dioxide Supply,Is the resource base in LKC reservoirs large enough to support a pipeline that could deliver CO2 at $1.00/mcf? Can the “Golden Trend” in the Hall-Gurney Field anchor a pipeline?,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,William Flanders,LKC Pipeline Res
13、ults,Risk weighted CO2 for LKC is 60-65 BCF +-10% CO2 oil potential from LKC 15-16MMBO Not enough LKC resource base to anchor pipeline Need 184 BCF risk weighted CO2 to deliver at $1.00/mcf at 10% IRR/10 year amortization,Carbon Dioxide Pipeline,Need an additional 120 BCF risk weighted CO2 potential
14、 to build 8” pipeline to Central Kansas Are Arbuckle reservoirs potential carbon dioxide miscible flood candidates? Minimum miscibility pressure 1600 psi Initial reservoir pressure1050-1150 psi Well connected to an aquifer,Outline of Presentation,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Pro
15、ject Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New Partner Expanded Pilot/DOE Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Carbon Dioxide Supply,ICM(U.S. Energy Partners, LLC) announces ethanol plant to be constructed in Russell(February 5,2001) On stream November 1,2001 CO2 production 3.4 MMCFD(wet at a
16、tmospheric pressure) 8.5 miles from CO2 demonstration project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Location of Ethanol Plant & CO2 EOR Site,Kansas Geological Survey,Field Demonstration of CO2 Miscible Flooding in the L-KC,Central Kansas Project Extension,Class II Revisited DE-AC26-00BC15124,MV Energy LLC,h
17、ttp:/www.kgs.ukans.edu/CO2/reports.html,October 1, 2001,Outline of Presentation,The Central Kansas Initiative Field Demonstration Project Hall-Gurney Field The Carbon Dioxide Supply New Partner Expanded Pilot/DOE Project,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Expanded Pilot Project,Kinder Morgan reduced fina
18、ncial support CO2 available from ICM plant in Russell Pilot size increased to provide acceptable economic and technical risk to MV Energy, ICM and Kinder Morgan Budget Period 1 extended to March 2002 Additional funding obtained from DOE effective October 1,2001 Project extended to 2008 ICM/Kinder Mo
19、rgan to provide CO2,Expanded Project Economics,Total Project $7.56 million $2.34 M CO2 Purchase, transport, recycling $2.21 M Research, Technology Transfer $1.33 M Capital Costs (wells, etc.) $1.68 M Operations (8 years)Funding $2.03 M MV Energy $0.52 M Kinder-Morgan CO2 Co. LP $0.97 M ICM $2.77 M U
20、.S. Department of Energy $1.17 M KGS and TORP $0.10 M Kansas Department of Commerce,Expanded DemonstrationProject,60 acre 2 CO2 injectors 6 Producers 6 Containment Water Injectors 0.85 BCF CO2 injected-WAG 8 year operating life 96,000 BO estimated recovery Final pattern is still evolving,CO2 Pilot P
21、roject Team,Kansas Geological Survey Alan P. Byrnes Marty Dubois W. Lynn Watney Timothy R. Carr Willard J. Guy John Doveton Dana Adkins-Heljeson Kenneth StalderKinder-Morgan CO2 Co. LP Russell Martin Paul Nunley William Flanders(consultant)U.S. Department of Energy Edith C. Allison (Prgrm Mngr) Dani
22、el Ferguson (Project Mngr),Tertiary Oil Recovery Project G. Paul Willhite Don W. Green Jyun-Syung Tsau Richard Pancake Rodney Reynolds Rajesh Kunjithaya Ed ClarkMV Energy LLC Dave Murfin Jim Daniels Larry Jack Niall AvisonState of Kansas (Dept. of Commerce)ICM, Inc. Dave Vander Griend,Kansas Geological Survey,Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,Critical Issues Remaining,Pattern Selection Recompletion of old wells Arbuckle reevaluation Arbuckle potential Properties of oil MMP-nitrogen content,
