... submicron particles that are injected downhole using a surfactant as dispersant, with the injection water as the carrier fluid. The selection of injection patterns and the estimation of treatment volume were carried out through the analysis of diagnostic plots and analytical pattern simulations...

... development enhanced fill-up response simulation sedimentology polymer injection heterogeneity comparison Introduction Polymer injection in fluvial heterogeneous reservoir systems presents unique challenges compared to massive water injection. Developing projects for polymer injection requires...

... a compositional reservoir model built in SLB's Petrel software to perform numerical simulations of CO 2 injection incorporating pre-established permeability variations that honor our laboratory-obtained results. Correlations between differential-pressure variations observed during carbonated-brine (CO 2 /brine...

... recovery solvarex diesel mol complex reservoir heavy oil play fraction regression workflow characterization molar fraction eos northern kuwait extra-heavy oil experiment reproduce solvent injection density injection weight vcompact component fraction tc simulation Introduction...

... viscosity in the first several PVs) is more critical and needs greater attention. We evaluate a CO2 foaming system using switchable amine surfactants by performing core-flooding experiments and numerical simulations at 65°C and 150 bar operating conditions. The evolution of CO 2 foam apparent viscosity...

... reservoir geological model was built by combining numerical reservoir simulation with the pilot test to analyze the development mechanism of infill SAGD, and optimize the location of the infill SAGD well group, the infill timing, and the timing of horizontal well turning into production well, as well...

... Abstract Reservoir simulators often predict poor injectivity in polymer enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects because of the high polymer viscosity, which is a deterrent for the project. However, field studies have shown much higher injectivity than predicted by the models. The objective...

... simulator that solves poro-thermo-elasticity. We used it to simulate 3- dimensional fracture propagation induced by cold water injection and, at the same time, calculate the stress field influenced by the thermo-poro-elastic effect in heterogeneous reservoir layers. Effective stress in the bounding layer...

... reservoir simulator to explore the potential of each solvent to increase the oil recovery including otherwise immobile bitumen from a 3D heterogeneous reservoir. bitumen fracturing materials shale gas shale oil fluid modeling condensate reservoir hydraulic fracturing oil sand flow in porous...

... Abstract Simulation of gas huff-n-puff (HnP) in core models is often simplified by assuming homogenous, isotropic models, which are not representative of fine-grained multi-component shales with multiple types of pore space and anisotropic permeability. According to the previous literaturte...

.... Here, we present a practical framework to regenerate the PVT considering the shale nanopores effect for a more reliable compositional simulation of gas injection in shale reservoirs by using existing commercial simulators. The pore-size distribution in shale reservoirs can be discretized into a bulk...

... Abstract We use a streamline-based simulator extended to reactive transport with a comprehensive chemical module to model Low Salinity (LS) flooding. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the per-pattern management of LS floods. The new reactive transport...

... has been performed investigating these two properties. To that end, we present scaling analysis combined with numerical simulation to derive relative permeability curves, which will be imported into a discrete fracture network (DFN) model. We can then compare analytical scaling methods...

... well first-line producer well operation Upstream Oil & Gas composition progression Simulation objective breakthrough time NCT Situ Combustion Pilot Air Injection Nitrogen Injection injector well society of petroleum engineers injection breakthrough Introduction In situ...

... ) successfully simulated a one-dimensional (1D) miscible CO 2 displacement using a fully compositional model. Their numerical results matched the laboratory results well regarding the saturation profile and oil recovery. They pointed out the necessity of using compositional simulation for CO 2 studies...

... function includes the impact of several important petrophysical properties such as pore size distribution and wettability. A compositional simulator is used to simulate the effectiveness of using methanol, dimethyl ether or CO 2 to remove liquid blockage and increase production rate. enhanced...

... Abstract This paper investigates the impact of aspect ratio on the growth rate of viscous fingers using high resolution numerical simulation in reservoirs with aspect ratios of up to 30:1. The behaviour of fingers in porous media with such high aspect ratios has been overlooked previously...

... Abstract Recently there has been an increasing interest in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) from shale oil reservoirs, including CO 2 and field gas injection. For the performance assessment and optimization of CO 2 and gas injection processes, compositional simulation is a powerful and versatile...

... the capacity of pumps for the field EOR processes. chemical flooding methods constant rate Simulation displacement rate porous media strength concentration profile coefficient frontal instability Oil Recovery miscible flooding enhanced recovery displacement mechanism time-dependent...

.... The phase equilibria of methane injection into the multi-scale system are calculated. The constant composition expansions are simulated for oil mixed with various fractions of injected gas. Bubble point, swelling factor, criticality and fluid volumetrics are studied in comparison to the behavior of the bulk...