An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies

Two potential recovery mechanisms are being considered for a major field which required laboratory measurements to investigate the efficiency of the two scenarios: gas flood followed by water flood and water flood followed by gas flood. Although simply stated, the recovery scenarios involved complex three...

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Main Authors: Jones C., Brodie J., Spearing M., Lamb S., Sadikoglu K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/15/e3sconf_sca2018_01002.pdf
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spelling doaj-429951357d7a48a1a94dd035acb616712021-02-02T08:47:58ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422019-01-01890100210.1051/e3sconf/20198901002e3sconf_sca2018_01002An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation StudiesJones C.Brodie J.Spearing M.Lamb S.Sadikoglu K.Two potential recovery mechanisms are being considered for a major field which required laboratory measurements to investigate the efficiency of the two scenarios: gas flood followed by water flood and water flood followed by gas flood. Although simply stated, the recovery scenarios involved complex three-phase processes which had to be replicated in the laboratory at reservoir conditions to provide reliable data upon which reservoir development decisions could be made. The first sequence consisted of water displacing oil to residual oil saturation (Sorw), oil displacing water to residual water saturation (Swro) and gas displacing both oil and water to Sor3φ,g and Swr3φ,g. The second sequence consisted of gas displacing oil to residual oil saturation (Sorg), oil displacing gas to trapped gas saturation (Sgto) and water displacing both oil and gas to Sor3φ,w and Sgt3φ,w respectively. Composite cores of four well-matched plugs at Swi were used and all measurements were made at bubble point conditions. A vertical core holder was housed inside a reservoir condition facility equipped with gamma attenuation saturation monitoring (GASM). Temperature stability and the use of GASM were paramount for the accurate measurement of produced fluids, especially trapped gas saturation. Oil, gas and water produced volumes were also measured using a separator housed inside the core flood oven to provide optimum temperature stability. The laboratory results were modelled in a compositional simulator using an equation of state tuned to conventional PVT data and both swelling and multiple contact experiments. The objective was to build a three-phase predictive model from the constituent two-phase relative permeability data. The paper details the experimental methods and presents results for each section of the two sequences. The key conclusions are that Sorg>Sorw> Sor3φ,g> Sor3φ,w and Sgt3φ,w< Sgto.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/15/e3sconf_sca2018_01002.pdf
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author Jones C.
Brodie J.
Spearing M.
Lamb S.
Sadikoglu K.
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Brodie J.
Spearing M.
Lamb S.
Sadikoglu K.
An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
E3S Web of Conferences
author_facet Jones C.
Brodie J.
Spearing M.
Lamb S.
Sadikoglu K.
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title An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
title_short An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
title_full An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
title_fullStr An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
title_full_unstemmed An Investigation of Recovery Mechanisms for Oil Field Optimization by Three-Phase Core Flood and Simulation Studies
title_sort investigation of recovery mechanisms for oil field optimization by three-phase core flood and simulation studies
publisher EDP Sciences
series E3S Web of Conferences
issn 2267-1242
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Two potential recovery mechanisms are being considered for a major field which required laboratory measurements to investigate the efficiency of the two scenarios: gas flood followed by water flood and water flood followed by gas flood. Although simply stated, the recovery scenarios involved complex three-phase processes which had to be replicated in the laboratory at reservoir conditions to provide reliable data upon which reservoir development decisions could be made. The first sequence consisted of water displacing oil to residual oil saturation (Sorw), oil displacing water to residual water saturation (Swro) and gas displacing both oil and water to Sor3φ,g and Swr3φ,g. The second sequence consisted of gas displacing oil to residual oil saturation (Sorg), oil displacing gas to trapped gas saturation (Sgto) and water displacing both oil and gas to Sor3φ,w and Sgt3φ,w respectively. Composite cores of four well-matched plugs at Swi were used and all measurements were made at bubble point conditions. A vertical core holder was housed inside a reservoir condition facility equipped with gamma attenuation saturation monitoring (GASM). Temperature stability and the use of GASM were paramount for the accurate measurement of produced fluids, especially trapped gas saturation. Oil, gas and water produced volumes were also measured using a separator housed inside the core flood oven to provide optimum temperature stability. The laboratory results were modelled in a compositional simulator using an equation of state tuned to conventional PVT data and both swelling and multiple contact experiments. The objective was to build a three-phase predictive model from the constituent two-phase relative permeability data. The paper details the experimental methods and presents results for each section of the two sequences. The key conclusions are that Sorg>Sorw> Sor3φ,g> Sor3φ,w and Sgt3φ,w< Sgto.
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