This study was undertaken to investigate the transient behavior of particulate plugging of porous media. The objectives of the experiments were to study in detail a well-characterized system and to check the validity of theoretical predictions. Experiments included injection of clay suspensions under different conditions into sandpacks, measurement of pore-size distribution, and monitoring of permeability and effluent particle concentrations.

Keywords:
upstream oil & gas, pore-size distribution, interaction, high ionic strength, deposition, flow in porous media, strength, ionic strength, mechanism, experiment
Subjects:
Flow in porous media, Reservoir Fluid Dynamics
Copyright 1989, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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