陆相中高成熟页岩油“组分流动”条件及其在提高页岩油产量中的作用

“Component flow” conditions and its effects on enhancing production of continental medium-to-high maturity shale oil

基于中国陆相页岩油区重点试采井的生产曲线、生产制度、烃产物数量和产出烃构成随时间的变化等资料,开展页岩油精细馏分切割和页岩油组成变化对宏观流动性影响的试验以及分子动力学数值模拟,提出页岩油“组分流动”概念,并对组分流动的形成机理与条件进行探讨。研究表明:(1)在地下页岩微纳米孔隙中,轻烃、中质烃和重烃会按相似相溶原理发生混相,使重烃等难流动组分以分子聚集体方式“悬浮”在轻烃和中质烃溶剂中,从而显著降低其黏度并增加流动性和流动量;(2)小分子芳烃是组分流动发生的载体,气态烃和轻烃含量越高,越利于抑制胶质和沥青等重组分形成尺寸更大的聚集体,并增加其塑性变形能力,组分流动效果越好;(3)较高的地层温度可降低蜡质等重烃组分黏度,提高其流动性;(4)保存条件、地层能量和生产制度对控制轻烃组分含量、流出速度和形成稳定的“组分流动”都有重要作用,是页岩油多组分烃形成最优配伍和最大流动量的重要影响因素。地下页岩油“组分流动”概念的提出对于提高页岩油单井产量和累计采出量具有重要意义。

Based on the production curves,changes in hydrocarbon composition and quantities over time,and production systems from key trial production wells in lacustrine shale oil areas in China,fine fraction cutting experiments and molecular dynamics numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the effects of changes in shale oil composition on macroscopic fluidity.The concept of “component flow” for shale oil was proposed,and the formation mechanism and conditions of component flow were discussed.The research reveals findings in four aspects.First,a miscible state of light,medium and heavy hydrocarbons forms within micropores/nanopores of underground shale according to similarity and intermiscibility principles,which make components with poor fluidity suspended as molecular aggregates in light and medium hydrocarbon solvent,such as heavy hydrocarbons,thereby decreasing shale oil viscosity and enhancing fluidity and outflows.Second,small-molecule aromatic hydrocarbons act as carriers for component flow,and the higher the content of gaseous and light hydrocarbons,the more conducive it is to inhibit the formation of larger aggregates of heavy components such as resin and asphalt,thus increasing their plastic deformation ability and bringing about better component flow efficiency.Third,higher formation temperatures reduce the viscosity of heavy hydrocarbon components,such as wax,thereby improving their fluidity.Fourth,preservation conditions,formation energy,and production system play important roles in controlling the content of light hydrocarbon components,outflow rate,and forming stable “component flow”,which are crucial factors for the optimal compatibility and maximum flow rate of multi-component hydrocarbons in shale oil.The component flow of underground shale oil is significant for improving single-well production and the cumulative ultimate recovery of shale oil.