A reservoir drying method for enhancing recovery of tight gas
ZHANG Liehui,XIONG Yu,ZHAO Yulong,TANG Hongming,GUO Jingjing,JIA Chunsheng,LEI Qiang,WANG Binghe
Table 3 Comparison of physical properties of tight cores before and after drying
Drying experi-
mental groups
Average reduction in water saturation/% Average increase of gas permeability/%
Heating control group 3.07 13.60
Supercritical CO2
control group
5.19 25.70
Ethanol suspension +
drying agent
9.63 54.38
Supercritical CO2 +
drying agent
16.21 163.10