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Gas Injection for Underground Gas Storage (UGS)

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Fundamentals and Practical Aspects of Gas Injection

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In this chapter, some of the key aspects of UGS as a sustainable energy supply infrastructure were reviewed. This type of gas injection is associated with the reuse of depleted oil and gas formations as a natural underground storage volumes with proved reservoir characteristics and cap rock integrity, as well as available surface facilities and wells. The operation has its distinct features in terms of planning, gas injection/withdrawal, and etc. Some of the common criteria for screening the UGS were also reviewed and discussed in this chapter.

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Abbreviations

CHR:

Condensate holding ratio

CPE:

Condensate production enhancement

GE:

Gas equivalent

I/W:

Injection/withdrawal

OGIP:

Original gas in place

B:

Formation volume factor, reservoir conditions/standard conditions

bpss:

Pressure loss due to the steady-state inflow of gas, psia/ft3/day

c:

Compressibility, 1/psi

c1:

Matrix pore volume compressibility, 1/psi

c2:

Fracture pore volume compressibility

ce:

Effective compressibility, 1/psi

G:

Gas volume, scf

h:

Net pay thickness, ft

K:

K-Value

k:

Permeability, md

Mw:

Molecular weight, g/gmol

N:

Condensate volume, STB

\({\overline{P} }\) :

Average drainage area pressure, psia

P:

Pressure, psia

PD:

Dimensionless pressure

PDi:

Dimensionless pressure integral derivative

Pp:

Pseudopressure, psia2/cp

Ppwf:

Dimensionless bottom-hole pseudopressure

Pr:

Pressure in the reservoir at the drainage radius, psia

Pw:

Bottomhole pressure, psia

q:

Flow rate, ft3/day

Qp:

Production rate of a given phase, SCF/D

Rep:

Drainage radius, ft

re:

Exterior radius, ft

rw:

Wellbore radius, ft

S:

Saturation

T:

Temperature, F

tca:

Material balance pseudotime for gas, day

tDA:

Dimensionless time

tp:

Production time, day

V:

Volume, acre-ft

W:

Water Volume, bbl

x:

Liquid phase mole fraction

y:

Gas phase mole fraction

\({\overline{Z} }\) :

Average gas compressibility factor

Z:

Gas compressibility factor

ϕ :

Porosity

\(\phi_{1}\) :

Matrix void space to bulk volume

\(\phi_{2}\) :

Fracture void space to bulk volume

γ :

Specific gravity

μ :

Viscosity

b:

Bulk

e:

Influx

f:

Formation

g:

Gas

i:

Initial

inj:

Injected

ng:

Non-gas

p:

Produced

sc:

Standard condition

so:

Sour gas injection

sw:

Sweet gas injection

t:

Total

w:

Water

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  1. Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran

    Reza Azin

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    Amin Izadpanahi

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Azin, R., Izadpanahi, A. (2022). Gas Injection for Underground Gas Storage (UGS). In: Azin, R., Izadpanahi, A. (eds) Fundamentals and Practical Aspects of Gas Injection. Petroleum Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77200-0_4

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