Experimental and numerical investigation of one-dimensional waterflood in porous reservoir

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2007 · Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EXPTHERMFLUSCI.2007.04.009· OSTI ID:20975357

Hadia, N; Chaudhari, L; Mitra, Sushanta K ^[1]; Aggarwal, A; Vinjamur, M ^[2]; Singh, R ^[3]

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1. IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre, and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076 (India)
2. IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076 (India)
3. IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre, and Institute of Reservoir Studies, ONGC, Ahmedabad (India)

Experimental and numerical investigation of relative permeability and oil recovery from the porous reservoir are described for short and long core samples. The relative permeability ratios, which are function of water saturation, obtained from laboratory core flooding experiments have been used for prediction of oil recovery through numerical simulation of non-dimensional Buckley-Leverett equation. The simulation results for oil recovery compared well with recovery results obtained from core flooding experiments. (author)

• OSTI ID: 20975357
• Journal Information: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 32, Issue 2; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0894-1777
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM
POROUS MATERIALS
PERMEABILITY
WATER SATURATION
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
SIMULATION
FORECASTING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ROCK
WATERFLOODING