Open AccessField Demonstration of Carbon Dioxide Miscible Flooding in the Lansing-Kansas City Formation, Central Kansas
Author(s) -
Alan P. Byrnes,
G.P. Willhite,
Don Green,
Martin Dubois,
Richard Pancake,
Timothy R. Carr,
W Lynn Watney,
John H. Doveton,
Willard Guy,
Rodney A. Reynolds,
Dave Murfin,
J. M. Daniels,
Russell Martin,
W. Dana Flanders,
Dave Vander Griend,
Eric Mork,
Paul Cantrell
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/902503
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide , carbonate , produced water , environmental science , water injection (oil production) , enhanced oil recovery , carbon sequestration , injection well , pilot test , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , petroleum engineering , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , psychology , organic chemistry , applied psychology
A pilot carbon dioxide miscible flood was initiated in the Lansing Kansas City C formation in the Hall Gurney Field, Russell County, Kansas. The reservoir zone is an oomoldic carbonate located at a depth of about 2900 feet. The pilot consists of one carbon dioxide injection well and three production wells. Continuous carbon dioxide injection began on December 2, 2003. By the end of June 2005, 16.19 MM lb of carbon dioxide were injected into the pilot area. Injection was converted to water on June 21, 2005 to reduce operating costs to a breakeven level with the expectation that sufficient carbon dioxide has been injected to displace the oil bank to the production wells by water injection. By December 31, 2006, 79,072 bbls of water were injected into CO2 I-1 and 3,923 bbl of oil were produced from the pilot. Water injection rates into CO2 I-1, CO2 No.10 and CO2 No.18 were stabilized during this period. Oil production rates increased from 4.7 B/D to 5.5 to 6 B/D confirming the arrival of an oil bank at CO2 No.12. Production from wells to the northwest of the pilot region indicates that oil displaced from carbon dioxide injection was produced from Colliver No.7, Colliver No.3 and possibly Graham A4 located on an adjacent property. There is evidence of a directional permeability trend toward the NW through the pilot region. The majority of the injected carbon dioxide remains in the pilot region, which has been maintained at a pressure at or above the minimum miscibility pressure. Our management plan is to continue water injection maintaining oil displacement by displacing the carbon dioxide remaining in the C zone,. If the decline rate of production from the Colliver Lease remains as estimated and the oil rate from the pilot region remains constant, we estimate that the oil production attributed to carbon dioxide injection will be about 12,000 bbl by December 31, 2007. Oil recovery would be equivalent to 12 MCF/bbl, which is consistent with field experience in established West Texas carbon dioxide floods. The project is not economic