Journal article
Crossflow and water banks in viscous dominant regimes of waterflooding
Haldor Topsoe AS1
Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Centers, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
CERE – Center for Energy Ressources Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark5
Understanding the crossflow in multilayered reservoirs is of great importance for designing mobility control methods for enhanced oil recovery. The authors reveal saturation profiles in stratified reservoirs to study the interlayer communication in the viscous dominant regime. The displacement profiles are more even and smoother in a communicating layer-cake reservoir than in a noncommunicating one.
Water banks and transition zones may be observed. Analysis indicates that the phenomena are attributed to the enhanced crossflow due to large mobility ratios (water-oil). The mobility control techniques that take advantage of crossflow between layers may be more efficient with large mobility ratios. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
Year: | 2014 |
Pages: | 1227-1232 |
ISSN: | 15322459 and 10916466 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1080/10916466.2011.647204 |
ORCIDs: | Shapiro, Alexander and Stenby, Erling Halfdan |
Banks (bodies of water) Chemical Engineering (all) Chemistry (all) Cross flows Displacement profiles Energy Engineering and Power Technology Enhanced oil recovery Fuel Technology Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Inter-layer communication Multilayered reservoirs Stratified reservoirs Water banks Well flooding crossflow layer-cake reservoirs viscous dominant regime water banks waterflooding