Integrated Geo-Dynamic Modelling and Investigation of Pressure-Dependent Permeability to Increase Working Gas Capacity of a Reservoir Repurposed for Underground Gas Storage
Qu, Lin (Petrochina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company) | Yu, Huijuan (Baker Hughes) | Mao, Chuanqin (Petrochina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company) | Salter, Timothy Mark (Baker Hughes) | Ning, Fei (Petrochina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company) | Van Der Kroef, Roderick Floris Matthijs (Baker Hughes) | Cranfield, Colin Bertrand (Baker Hughes) | Kshirsagar, Atul (Baker Hughes) | Li, Limin (Petrochina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company) | Randazzo, Santi (Baker Hughes)
Abstract Natural gas consumption will grow significantly in coming decades in response to cleaner energy initiatives. Underground gas storage (UGS) will be key to addressing short term supply and demand dynamics during this energy transition. This paper presents a study on the XiangGuoSi (XGS) fractured carbonate, gas reservoir onshore China which had been converted to UGS. The focus is on how integrated studies around a shared subsurface model including coupled simulation can be used to maximise working gas storage capacity and hence increase deliverability to meet future peak gas demand. Critically, the robust integration of this study raised confidence sufficiently to propose that reservoir pressure during future gas storage cycles could be increased above the original (pre-production) pressure.
SPE-209672-MS
SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition
June, 2022
OnePetro PDF doi: 10.2118/209672-MS
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- Asia > China (0.67)
- North America > United States
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- Geological Subdiscipline > Geomechanics (1.00)
- Rock Type > Sedimentary Rock
- Carbonate Rock (0.47)
- Clastic Rock (0.46)
- Sedimentary Geology > Depositional Environment (0.68)
- Structural Geology > Fault
- Dip-Slip Fault > Reverse Fault (0.46)
- Geology
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- Geophysics > Seismic Surveying > Seismic Interpretation (1.00)
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- Asia > China
- Sichuan > Sichuan Basin (0.99)
- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region > Tarim Basin (0.99)
- North America > United States
- Arkansas > Travis Peak Formation (0.99)
- Louisiana > Travis Peak Formation (0.99)
- Mississippi > Travis Peak Formation (0.99)
- Montana > Williston Basin (0.99)
- North Dakota > Williston Basin (0.99)
- South Dakota > Williston Basin (0.99)
- Texas > Travis Peak Formation (0.99)
- Asia > China
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