Research program on fractured petroleum reservoirs. [Quarterly report], October 1--December 31, 1995
A number of experiments have been performed to study water injection in fractured porous media. These experiments reveal that: (1) the co-current imbibition may be the primary flow process in water-wet fractured media, and (2) the imbibition may result in over 20 percent recovery from very tight rock (Austin Chalk with K{sub ma} of the order of 0.01 md) for an imbibition period of about 2 months. Theoretical consideration reveal that the exponential function of Aronofsky et al. [``A Model for the Mechanism of Oil Recovery from Porous Matrix Due to Water Invasion In Fractured Reservoirs,`` Trans. AIME (1958) 213, 17-19] does not describe the early-time, but may represent the late-time recovery.
- Research Organization:
- Reservoir Engineering Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG22-93BC14875
- OSTI ID:
- 207426
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BC/14875-11; ON: DE96006353
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 31 Jan 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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