
科学技术与工程

中国技术经济学会
Experimental on Asphaltane Deposition Characteristics of Crude Oil after CO2 Injection
Qi-lin WANG , Huang LIU , Shuo-kong YANG , Ping GUO
Science Technology and Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (35) : 15060 -15068.
The CO2 flooding method is effectively considered to improve crude oil flowability by integrating oil displacement, extraction of crude oil components, and dissolution effects, making it a mainstream EOR technology. However, during this process, the flow rate of CO2 is generally observed to be significantly higher than that of crude oil, and mass transfer between CO2 and crude oil is found to alter their compositions, which frequently triggers asphaltene deposition. The mass transfer mechanism and asphaltene deposition characteristics between CO2 and crude oil from Zhenglizhuang reservoir was researched. When CO2 dissolution occurred at 32.8 MPa, the initial deposition pressure of crude oil asphaltene was substantially increased compared with the scenario without CO2 dissolution, indicating higher susceptibility to deposition. During multi-stage CO2-crude oil contact processes at miscible pressure (32.8 MPa), two phenomena were observed: CO2 was fully dissolved into the crude oil to gradually increase the gas-oil ratio of the equilibrium oil phase, while light hydrocarbon components (primarily C1 ~ C4) were simultaneously extracted from the crude oil by CO2. This extraction process caused the proportion of heavy components (C10+) in the crude oil to increase, resulting in larger density of degassed oil. This phenomenon was essentially eliminated after 8 contact stages. The combined effects of CO2 dissolution and heavy component enrichment were demonstrated to induce asphaltene deposition in crude oil. After 10 contact stages, the asphaltene deposition amount was measured as 0.068 2 g/L through in-situ filtration method. The deposited material contains 87.71% C and 11.68% O, showing close similarity to actual field deposits. Notably, the obtained deposits were observed to be effectively soluble in organic solvents including petroleum ether and carbon disulfide. These findings are considered to provide significant guidance for understanding CO2 miscible flooding mechanisms in target reservoirs and developing asphaltene deposit removal strategies.
CO2 miscible flooding / multi-stage contact / asphaltene deposition condition / asphaltene deposition amount / laser method
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