Experimental Study of the Effect of Permeability on Foam Diversion

摘要

Through single-core and dual-core experiments, relations of pressure, liquid flow rate of outlet, and gas-phase saturation to injection fluid volume were researched. Effect of permeability on foam diversion was analyzed. Experiments indicate that gas saturation increases and then decreases with core permeability at the same PV during subsequent liquid injection for single-core experiment. When the permeability ratio is less than 11, liquid flow rate ratio is less than 1. When permeability ratio lies in the range of 11 to 14.9, liquid flow rate ratio is greater than 1, and foam diversion is declining. The best diversion is observed at a permeability ratio of 4.0. The effect of permeability on foam diversion is that capillary pressure is greater in the low-permeability core, and bubbles in foam break easily, which causes cross flow of gas phase.