Pore scale flow and examination of the effects of scaling on improved oil recovery processes. Final report.

摘要

All project goals have been satisfied including. (1) Digitizable images of pore networks have been developed. (2) Video tapes of immiscible and miscible micromodel experiments at reservoir conditions were created. (3) High-pressure, flow visualization apparatus design and high pressure coreflood design are presented. Methodology for understanding 2-D to 3-D scaleup phenomena at the pore-level is demonstrated. (4) Micromodel experiments were simulated with the new multi-porosity, natural fracture oil reservoir simulator. This information will be used in the further development of a new, predictive, oil and gas reservoir simulator which is based upon lattice gas methods. The long range goal for this project is to develop for the independent oil and gas producers in the US a better predictive tool for the determination of oil and gas reservoir performance throughout the life of the field. This information is critically important for the independent to determine correctly the risk of his investment to develop and produce the field.