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Improvement of buckley-leverett and fractional flow models for heterogeneous porous media

Kamari, E ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2011.580319
  3. Abstract:
  4. Most of the reservoirs in Iran and also around the world are in the middle of their production life and have passed their natural production period. Therefore, they should be a candidate for immiscible injection, e.g., water injection for secondary recovery, and/or miscible injection, like solvent injection for tertiary recovery. Also, it should be pointed out that most of the Iranian reservoirs are carbonate reservoirs. This type of reservoir is fractured and heterogenic. Heterogeneity causes an earlier breakthrough and immiscible injection causes an unstable front, which leads to a lower recovery. This article presents the modified equation of Buckley-Leverett and fractional flow equations. Heterogeneity and pore size distribution can be investigated by applying a heterogeneity factor to these equations. Experimental data from core samples of homogeneous sandstone and heterogeneous carbonated reservoir are used to validate the modified model. The goal of this project is to determine the heterogeneity factor of the reservoirs, which is an indicator of the effect of the heterogeneity of a porous medium on flow of fluids
  5. Keywords:
  6. Breakthrough ; Fracture reservoir ; Pore size ; Porous materials ; Secondary recovery ; Fracture reservoirs ; Front ; Heterogeneous ; Immiscible displacement ; Water injection
  7. Source: Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects ; Volume 37, Issue 10 , 2015 , Pages 1125-1132 ; 15567036 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15567036.2011.580319?journalCode=ueso20