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Abstract This paper presents numerical modeling of low tension surfactant gas based EOR method. In this process, slugs of various surfactant solutions and gas are alternated injected to mobilize remained oil left from water flood. The objective of this paper is to model the mechanisms behind the process by history matching the experimental data and simulation of a field-scale reservoir pilot. A four-phase chemical flooding reservoir simulator (UTCHEM) was used to history match a published core flood experiment and simulate a pilot-scale case. The results from the history match reveale that interfacial tension (IFT) reduction between oil and water by surfactant, displacement of oil by gas, and the mobility control of gas are the main mechanims lead to a substantioal increase in oil recovery. Based on these key findings, modeling of the low-tension surfactant-gas flood shows that such a process is very positive for low permeability reservoirs with a 90% oil recovery of the initial oil saturation (Sio=0.56) in a coreflood experiment and a range of recovery factors between 50% to 70% of the water flood in large scale cases.
- Asia > China > Heilongjiang > Songliao Basin > Daqing Field > Yian Formation (0.99)
- Asia > China > Heilongjiang > Songliao Basin > Daqing Field > Mingshui Formation (0.99)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Reservoir Fluid Dynamics > Flow in porous media (1.00)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Improved and Enhanced Recovery > Waterflooding (1.00)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Improved and Enhanced Recovery > Gas-injection methods (1.00)
- Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Improved and Enhanced Recovery > Chemical flooding methods (1.00)
Abstract This paper presents a dynamic wettability alteration model based on the Gibbs adsorption isotherm equation. The model is conceptually and thermodynamically developed for ideal surfactant solutions (i.e anionic surfactants) that reduce the surface tension between oil phase and rock formation based on the contact angle in a preferentially oil-wet formation. We assume that interfacial tension (IFT) between oil/water and oil/gas remain unchanged in the presence of surfactants. In order to apply the effect of contact angle on multiphase fluid flow in porous media, existing relative permeability and capillary pressure models are modified to become a function of contact angle to mimic the influence of wettability alteration. The developed models can be tuned with experimental data including the contact angle, relative permeability, and capillary pressure parameters then they can be used to predict the efficiency of surfactant injection processes in naturally fractured reservoirs accordingly.