Development of Miscibility in Four-Component CO2 Floods

Summary A rigorous tie-line extension criterion for the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) is derived for dispersion-free, 1D displacements in four-component systems in which CO2 displaces oil containing dissolved methane. The key tie-lines required for application of the MMP criterion are obtained by a simple graphical construction. A simplified technique for construction of solutions is demonstrated for the CO2/methane/butane/decane system. The new technique makes solution of certain four-component problems not much more difficult than solution of a Buckley-Leverett displacement of oil by water.