Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery

The continuing depletion of light oil supplies and the rapidly growing demand for energy are forcing oil and gas companies to explore unconventional oil extraction techniques. The structure and flow rate implies an impact on the trapping and mobilization of oil in the reservoir. This article studies...

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Main Authors: Soleimani, H., Ali, H., Yahya, N., Khodapanah, L., Sabet, M., Demiral, B.M.R., Kozlowski, G.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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spelling utp-eprints.293362022-03-25T01:34:06Z Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery Soleimani, H. Ali, H. Yahya, N. Khodapanah, L. Sabet, M. Demiral, B.M.R. Kozlowski, G. The continuing depletion of light oil supplies and the rapidly growing demand for energy are forcing oil and gas companies to explore unconventional oil extraction techniques. The structure and flow rate implies an impact on the trapping and mobilization of oil in the reservoir. This article studies the effect of pore geometry and dynamics on water-oil displacement as a two-phase flow system. The pore geometries of sandstone were extracted using the non-destructive 3D micro computational tomography (micro-CT) technique. Two-phase flow simulations were performed using COMSOL Multiphysics on the micro-CT images to show the effect of the capillary number and the flow pattern. Velocity and relative permeability of the non-wetting phase at different points of the porous structure was computed. The effect of viscosity of wetting fluid on the pore structure was also studied to evaluate the parameters affecting enhanced oil recovery (EOR). © 2021 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland. Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2021 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121582150&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fDDF.413.77&partnerID=40&md5=612e6a592431a159f753bf5bcf5001a6 Soleimani, H. and Ali, H. and Yahya, N. and Khodapanah, L. and Sabet, M. and Demiral, B.M.R. and Kozlowski, G. (2021) Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery. Defect and Diffusion Forum, 413 . pp. 77-83. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/29336/
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description The continuing depletion of light oil supplies and the rapidly growing demand for energy are forcing oil and gas companies to explore unconventional oil extraction techniques. The structure and flow rate implies an impact on the trapping and mobilization of oil in the reservoir. This article studies the effect of pore geometry and dynamics on water-oil displacement as a two-phase flow system. The pore geometries of sandstone were extracted using the non-destructive 3D micro computational tomography (micro-CT) technique. Two-phase flow simulations were performed using COMSOL Multiphysics on the micro-CT images to show the effect of the capillary number and the flow pattern. Velocity and relative permeability of the non-wetting phase at different points of the porous structure was computed. The effect of viscosity of wetting fluid on the pore structure was also studied to evaluate the parameters affecting enhanced oil recovery (EOR). © 2021 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.
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author Soleimani, H.
Ali, H.
Yahya, N.
Khodapanah, L.
Sabet, M.
Demiral, B.M.R.
Kozlowski, G.
spellingShingle Soleimani, H.
Ali, H.
Yahya, N.
Khodapanah, L.
Sabet, M.
Demiral, B.M.R.
Kozlowski, G.
Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
author_sort Soleimani, H.
title Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
title_short Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
title_full Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
title_fullStr Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
title_sort dynamics and geometry effects on the capillary flows in porous media for enhanced oil recovery
publisher Trans Tech Publications Ltd
publishDate 2021
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