Review Article

Review on Phase Behavior in Tight Porous Media and Microscopic Flow Mechanism of CO2 Huff-n-Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs

Table 1

Summary of the study on phase behavior in tight porous media.

ObjectsReferenceResults

Wall effectSandoval et al. [43]It is necessary to consider the wall effect while simulating PVT experiment of shale oil.
Lemus et al. [43]

Bubble pointJiang [28]The pressure reduction of bubble point pressure in porous media increases as the core permeability decreases.
Lemus et al. [43]The bubble point pressure decreases because of the capillary pressure.
Nojabaei et al. [44]The bubble point pressure decreases especially at the lower temperature.
Yang and Li [45]The phase envelope tends to shrink. The bubble point pressure of middle Bakken oil decreases by 17.32% when the constraint effect is taken into account.
Pang et al. [47]The bubble point decreases due to the capillary pressure.
Wu et al. [48]The bubble point pressure decreases with the increase of pore size.

Dew pointPang et al. [47]The dew point increases due to the capillary pressure.
Nojabaei et al. [44]There is either a decrease or increase for dew point pressure considering the effect of small pores.

Bubble point temperatureSheng et al. [46]The bubble point temperature increases as the pore diameter becomes smaller.

Minimum miscibility pressureWu et al. [48]The MMP decreases with the increase of pore size.
Zhu [49]
Yu et al. [50]The impurity gas increases the miscibility pressure.

Critical temperatureJiang [28]The critical temperature has a linear negative correlation with the pore size.