Study on the Influence of Oxygen Concentration and Fracture Characteristics on In Situ Combustion Development of Low–Medium Maturity Shale Oil Reservoirs
Xing Jin, Wen Fang, Yang Wen, Yuanyuan Bai, Zezhou Chen, Shuai Zhao, Tao Li, Wanfen Pu · 2025
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Xing Jin and seven co-authors test fire flooding in 2025 as a way to squeeze oil from young shale deposits. The method burns part of the oil underground to heat and crack the rest. Two unknowns were how oxygen strength and crack patterns shape the burn.
In lab combustion tubes, millimeter-wide cracks made ignition hard at first. Raising oxygen levels and tangling the crack network made the reaction run fuller and steadier. At forty percent oxygen with complex cracks, ninety percent of the rock's organic matter converted and recovery reached about sixty percent. The process also upgraded the oil's quality, easing its flow to wells.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xing Jin, Wen Fang, Yang Wen, Yuanyuan Bai, Zezhou Chen, Shuai Zhao, Tao Li, Wanfen Pu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |