... of the physics of fluid distribution and flow behavior in porous media for the different injection scenario of water and solvent at the pore-scale is expected to result in significant improvement in understanding of the macroscopic phenomena observed in either laboratory or the field scale. The exploitation...

... for publication in Petroleum Society journals. Publication rights are reserved. This is a pre print and subject to correction. Abstract Pore geometry is an effective parameter in controlling the fluid flow in porous media especially in presence of wettability alteration. However, Heavy oil displacement behavior...

... international petroleum conference enhanced recovery dwl well upstream oil & gas louisiana state university wojtanowicz dwl installation inspectional analysis dimensionless space dimensional analysis dwl system dimensionless scaling group installation trans porous media reservoir simulation...

..., and sequestration of CO2 in these processes involve dispersion and reaction phenomena in porous media. The overall performance of any CO2 injection project depends on the mechanistic aspects of CO2 interaction with the natural porous system at pore scale, core scale, and the heterogeneity of the geological...

... porosity coal seam gas boundary condition coalbed methane displacement coal bed methane porous media adsorption upstream oil & gas gas adsorption enhanced recovery experiment breakthrough co 2 complex reservoir injection pressure adsorption capacity effluent gas composition...

...1 PAPER 2008-143 Study of Diffusivity of Hydrocarbon Solvent in Heavy Oil Saturated Sands Using X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography H. LUO University of Calgary A. KANTZAS Tomographic Imaging & Porous Media (TIPM) Laboratory, University of Calgary This paper is accepted for the Proceedings...

... with the horizontal case. Previous Work Analytical study of the convective mixing in porous media was first analyzed by Horton and Rogers [18] and Lapwood [19]. The problem was for a horizontal fluid layer with constant boundary temperatures under a linear and steady vertical temperature gradient. They found...

... the deformation; the latter is to essentially model the multiphase flow and heat transfer in porous media. Each of these disciplines simplifies the part of the problem that is not of primary interest. These approaches are unacceptable in situations where the coupling is strong and the changes of porosity...

... permeability consolidation porous media simulation dusseault steam-assisted gravity drainage relative permeability reservoir characterization enhanced recovery displacement stress change equation upstream oil & gas influence zone kpa diagonal different time sagd reservoir geomechanics...

... the pores instead of solid particles. These microbubbles can be easily removed during the initial stages of production thereby reducing the costs associated with stimulation processes. Although there has been some work done on the flow of the microbubbles through porous media, little is known as to under...

... of the seismic and ultrasonic stimulation studies. They concluded that the elastic wave and seismic excitations to porous media affect permeability and production rate in most cases. Kuznetsov et al. 3 reviewed seismic techniques for enhanced oil recovery. They performed capillary pressure measurements...

... of the nucleation phenomenon. A mechanical equilibrium comprising a disjoining pressure and a capillary one in these crevices tends to prove the pre-existence of gas bubbles for different wettabilities. The first configuration envisaged is oil wettability, presence of water is neglected in the porous media...

...1 PAPER 2006-046 Calculations of the Effect of Boiling Water on Bitumen Production J. WANG University of Calgary, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory B. MCGEE E-T Energy A. KANTZAS University of Calgary, Department of Chemical...

..., we split the methane relaxation spectrum into three regions as showed in Figure 9. The classification of methane T2 spectrum into coal adsorbed, porous media confined, and bulk gas needs further experimental investigation. The changes of signal amplitude with increasing methane pressures in coal...

... and Taylor1: Equation(1) (Available in full paper) Equation(2) (Available in full paper) When the non- wetting phase is trapped in the porous media, the pressure gradient required to move it through a capillary tube is much higher than what would be predicted by the pipe flow equation, due to the pressure...

... in the original permeability of the porous media. Results of extensional and shear viscosity measurements, API filtration loss tests, and formation damage tests conducted by using fluids of different xanthan gum concentrations are shown in this paper. Introduction The economic impact of poor productivity...

..., 2 , composition determination of oil/water emulsions 3 and determination of heavy oil viscosity 4, 5 . NMR logging tools obtain information regarding fluids in porous media by using magnetic fields to polarize the protons in the fluid and monitoring the time it takes the protons to return...

... Abstract The foam-drive process has been considered in the oil and gas industry as an enhanced oil recovery method. However, practical application of this process is rather restricted. The main limitation of foam field application is the complexity of its flow behavior in porous media...

... ) and in porous media (laboratory and in-situ measurements 4,5,6) . The terms bitumen as used in those papers refers to hydrocarbons with viscosity values 1,000 cp -10,000 cp and higher at ambient temperature conditions °(20OC- 30OC). The real NMR application for bitumen/water content determination in porous...

... Abstract Methods commonly used to measure the wettability of unconsolidated porous media are quick and easy to perform, but these tests do not provide reproducible results. This paper outlines the use of low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as an alternative method of wettability...