Relative Permeability for Offshore Enhanced Oil Recovery

Conference · Mon Oct 26 04:00:00 EDT 2020

OSTI ID:1765680

Crandall, Dustin ^[1]

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1. NETL

Relative permeability (k_r ) is the description of <strong>multiphase transport through porous media </strong>that is most widely accepted and utilized to scale relationships up to the field scale through simulations. Previous research at NETL has shown a <strong>dependence of k</strong>_{<strong>r </strong>}<strong>on the flow rates and porous media structure </strong>that is poorly captured in most descriptions of this process. Our project was originally scoped to be a 3-year project to (2019-2021): (1) determine if this poor literature description is true for offshore EOR; (2) collect data on the generation of relevant k_r curves for offshore EOR; and (3) distribute this collected data, methodology and resultant curves.<br>

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1765680
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English