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However, the seepage mechanisms and microscopic production characteristics between air and crude oil are complicated in porous media during the air flooding process. In this paper, an online nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) dynamic physical simulation method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by air injection in shale oil was established by combining high-temperature and high-pressure physical simulation systems with NMR. The microscopic production characteristics of air flooding were investigated by quantifying fluid saturation, recovery, and residual oil distribution in different sizes of pores, and the air displacement mechanism of shale oil was discussed. On this basis, the effects of air oxygen concentration, permeability, injection pressure, and fracture on recovery were studied, and the migration mode of crude oil in fractures was explored. The results show that the shale oil is mainly found in &amp;lt;0.1 \u03bcm (small pores), followed by 0.1\u20131 \u03bcm (medium pores), and 1\u201310 \u03bcm (macropores); thus, it is critical to enhancing oil recovery in pores less than 0.1 and 0.1\u20131 \u03bcm. The low-temperature oxidation (LTO) reaction can occur by injecting air into depleted shale reservoirs, which has a certain effect on oil expansion, viscosity reduction, and thermal mixing phases, thereby greatly improving shale oil recovery. There is a positive relationship between air oxygen concentration and oil recovery; the recoveries of small pores and macropores can increase by 3.53 and 4.28%, respectively, and they contribute 45.87\u201353.68% of the produced oil. High permeability means good pore-throat connectivity and greater oil recovery, and the production degree of crude oil in three types of pores can be increased by 10.36\u201324.69%. Appropriate injection pressure is beneficial to increasing the oil\u2013gas contact time and delaying gas breakthrough, but high injection pressure will result in early gas channeling, which causes the crude oil in small pores to be difficult to produce. Notably, the matrix can supply oil to fractures due to the mass exchange between matrix fractures and the increase of the oil drainage area, and the recoveries of medium pores and macropores in fractured cores increased by 9.01 and 18.39%, respectively; fractures can act as bridges for matrix crude oil migration, which means that proper fracturing before gas injection can make the EOR better. This study provides a new idea and a theoretical basis for improving shale oil recovery and clarifies the microscopic production characteristics of shale reservoirs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1021\/acsomega.3c01585","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,10]],"date-time":"2023-05-10T20:43:17Z","timestamp":1683751397000},"page":"18186-18201","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Microscopic Production\nCharacteristics of Pore Crude\nOil and Influencing Factors during Enhanced Oil Recovery by Air Injection\nin Shale Oil Reservoirs"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-4587-4523","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Meng","family":"Du","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100049"]},{"name":"Institute of Porous Flow & Fluid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , ,","place":["Langfang, China, 065007"]},{"name":"Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhengming","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100049"]},{"name":"Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lanlan","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100049"]},{"name":"Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinliang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100049"]},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haibo","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery , ,","place":["Beijing, China, 100083"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"316","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026081708255152700_cit1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1098","DOI":"10.1016\/S1876-3804(22)60335-5","article-title":"Evaluation technology and practice of continental shale oil development\nin China","volume":"49","author":"Li","year":"2022","journal-title":"Pet. 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