Hydrogeochemical modeling of water injection into an oil and gas well under high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) conditions

Krogulec, Ewa; Sawicka, Katarzyna; Zabłocki, Sebastian

doi:10.24425/agp.2020.132257

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Hydrogeochemical modeling of water injection into an oil and gas well under high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) conditions

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Krogulec Ewa , Sawicka Katarzyna , Zabłocki Sebastian

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Approximately 80% of water extracted from oil and gas deposits in Poland is disposed of by injection into the rock matrix. The aim of the model research was to predict both the hydrochemical reactions of water injected into wells for its disposal and the hydrogeochemical processes in the reservoir formation. The purpose of hydrogeochemical modeling of the hydrocarbon formation was also to determine the potential of formation waters, injection waters, and their mixtures to precipitate and form mineral sediments, and to determine the corrosion risk to the well. In order to evaluate saturation indices and corrosion ratios, the geochemical programs PHREEQC and DownHole SAT were used. The results of hydrogeochemical modeling indicate the possible occurrence of clogging in the well and the near-well zone caused mainly by the precipitation of iron compounds (iron hydroxide Fe(OH)3 and siderite FeCO3) from the formation water due to the presence of high pressures and temperatures (HPHT). There is also a high certainty of the precipitation of carbonate sediments (calcite CaCO3, strontianite SrCO3, magnesite MgCO3, siderite FeCO3) from the injection water within the whole range of tested pressures and temperatures. The model simulations show that temperature increase has a much greater impact on the potential for precipitation of mineral phases than pressure increase.

Słowa kluczowe

water injection well hydrogeochemical modeling Zechstein Main Dolomite Poland

wtrysk wody odwiert modelowanie hydrogeochemiczne cechsztyński dolomit główny Polska

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Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw
Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN

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Acta Geologica Polonica

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2020

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Vol. 70, no. 3

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419--433

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Bibliogr. 87 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

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Krogulec Ewa

ewa.krogulec@uw.edu.pl

Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

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Sawicka Katarzyna

Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

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Zabłocki Sebastian

Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa, Poland

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