Effects of Core Size and Surfactant Choice on Fluid Saturation Development in Surfactant/Polymer Corefloods.

ABSTRACT: Surfactant/polymer flooding allows for a significant increase in oil recovered at both laboratory and field scales. Limitations in application at the reservoir scale are, however, present and can be associated with both the complexity of the underlying displacement process and the time-intensive nature of the up-scaling workflow. Pivotal to this workflow are corefloods which serve to both validate the extent of oil recovery and extract modeling parameters used in upscaling. To enhance the understanding of the evolution of the saturation distribution within the rock sample, we present the utilization of X-ray computed tomography to image six distinct surfactant/polymer corefloods. In doing so, we visualize the formation and propagation of an oil bank by reconstructing multidimensional satur

SUBMITTER: Rovelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875641 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature