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Title: Fractured Petroleum Reservoirs

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/750251· OSTI ID:750251

In this report the results of experiments of water injection in fractured porous media comprising a number of water-wet matrix blocks are reported for the first time. The blocks experience an advancing fracture-water level (FWL). Immersion-type experiments are performed for comparison; the dominant recovery mechanism changed from co-current to counter-current imbibition when the boundary conditions changed from advancing FWL to immersion-type. Single block experiments of co-current and counter-current imbibition was performed and co-current imbibition leads to more efficient recovery was found.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-96BC14850
OSTI ID:
750251
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/14850-5; TRN: US200221%%469
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 18 Jan 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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