Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media

In this paper, simulation study was conducted to investigate the effect of spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields on oil recovery, residual oil and microemulsion saturation. The generated porosity fields were fed into UTCHEM for simulating surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layer...

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Main Authors: Fathaddin, M.T., Buang, P.N, Elraies, Khaled A
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spelling utp-eprints.86872017-03-20T07:31:03Z Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media Fathaddin, M.T. Buang, P.N Elraies, Khaled A T Technology (General) In this paper, simulation study was conducted to investigate the effect of spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields on oil recovery, residual oil and microemulsion saturation. The generated porosity fields were fed into UTCHEM for simulating surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layered porous media. From the analysis, surfactant flooding was more sensitive than water flooding to the spatial distribution of multiple porosity fields. Residual oil saturation in upper and lower layers after water flooding was about the same with the reservoir heterogeneity. On the other hand, both residual oil and microemulsion saturation in the two layers after surfactant flooding became more equal as porosity distribution standard increased. Spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields had only a small effect on residual oil saturation and recovery factor. The variation of recovery factor due to the reservoir heterogeneity was under 4.2%. Trans Tech Publications Inc 2010-02-05 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8687/1/Performance_of_Surfactant_Flooding_in_Heterogeneous_Two-Layered.pdf http://www.scientific.net/JERA.1.11 Fathaddin, M.T. and Buang, P.N and Elraies, Khaled A (2010) Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8687/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic T Technology (General)
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Fathaddin, M.T.
Buang, P.N
Elraies, Khaled A
Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
description In this paper, simulation study was conducted to investigate the effect of spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields on oil recovery, residual oil and microemulsion saturation. The generated porosity fields were fed into UTCHEM for simulating surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layered porous media. From the analysis, surfactant flooding was more sensitive than water flooding to the spatial distribution of multiple porosity fields. Residual oil saturation in upper and lower layers after water flooding was about the same with the reservoir heterogeneity. On the other hand, both residual oil and microemulsion saturation in the two layers after surfactant flooding became more equal as porosity distribution standard increased. Spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields had only a small effect on residual oil saturation and recovery factor. The variation of recovery factor due to the reservoir heterogeneity was under 4.2%.
format Citation Index Journal
author Fathaddin, M.T.
Buang, P.N
Elraies, Khaled A
author_sort Fathaddin, M.T.
title Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
title_short Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
title_full Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
title_fullStr Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
title_full_unstemmed Performance of Surfactant Flooding in Heterogeneous Two-Layered Porous Media
title_sort performance of surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layered porous media
publisher Trans Tech Publications Inc
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8687/1/Performance_of_Surfactant_Flooding_in_Heterogeneous_Two-Layered.pdf
http://www.scientific.net/JERA.1.11
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8687/
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