西南石油大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 147-153.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2017.09.06.04

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Study on Improving the Solution-mining Processes of Salt-cavern Gas Storage and Field Applications of the Improved Process Technology

WANG Yuangang, ZHOU Donglin, DENG Lin, FU Yaping, GUAN Di   

  1. Gas Storage Project Department of West-to-east Gas Pipeline Company, PetroChina, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212000, China
  • Received:2017-09-06 Online:2018-10-01 Published:2018-10-01

Abstract: While the salt-cavern gas storage solution is becoming increasingly popular in the natural gas industry, engineering practice shows significant improvement opportunities for many solution-mining processes of the Jintan gas storage, the first commissioned salt-cavern gas storage in China. The solution-mining processes of the gas storage were analyzed to identify opportunities to improve solution-mining efficiency, minimize solution-mining energy consumption, and maximize the utilization of salt layers. The improvement opportunities identified are:employing reverse-circulation solution mining to increase greatly the salinity of the discharged brine; minimizing the number of underground operations and eliminating unnecessary interruptions to mining operations, thereby reducing solution-mining cycle time; installing a fiber-optic interface meter to enable real-time monitoring of the solution-inhibitor interface; optimizing the quantity of water injected to reduce energy consumption; and treating thick intercalated beds and expanding the overall cavern capacity to maximize the utilization of salt layers.

Key words: reverse-circulation solution mining, fiber-optic interface meter, water injection quantity optimization, thick intercalated bed treatment, cavity expansion

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