Simulation of dynamic foam-acid diversion processes

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 316-324

  Cheng, L ^a   Kam, S I ^a   Delshad, M ^a   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOAMS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

GAS COMPRESSIBILITY; GAS MOBILITY; GAS TRAPPING EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 0036745783     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/79639-PA     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Gdanski, R.: "Experience and Research Show Best Designs for Foam in Diverted Acidizing," Oil & Gas J. (September 6, 1993) 85.
2. Zerhboub, M.: "Matrix Acidizing: A Novel Approach to Foam Diversion," SPEPF (May 1994) 121.
3. Zhou, Z.H. and Rossen, W.R: "Applying Fractional-Flow Theory to Foams for Diversion in Matrix Acidization," SPEPF (Feb. 1994), 29
4. Zhou, Z.H. and Rossen, W.R: "Applying Fractional-Flow Theory to Foams for Diversion in Matrix Acidization," Trans. AIME, 297.
5. Parlar, M. et al.: "An Experimental Study of Foam Flow Through Berea Sandstone With Applications to Foam Diversion in Matrix Acidizing," paper SPE 29678 presented at the 1995 Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, 8-10 March.
6. Robert, J.A. and Mack, M.G.: "Foam Diversion Modeling and Simulation," paper SPE 29676 presented at the 1995 Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfiefield, California, 8-10 March.
7. Thomas, R.L. et al.: "Field Validation of a Foam Diversion Model: A Matrix Stimulation Case Study," paper SPE 39422 presented at the 1998 SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, 18-19 February.
8. Alvarez, J.M., Rivas, H., and Navarro, G.: "An Optimal Foam Quality for Diversion in Matrix-Acidizing Projects," paper 58711 presented at the 2000 SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, 23-24 February.
9. Bernard, G.G., Holm, L.W., and Jacobs, W.L.: "Effect of Foam on Trapped Gas Saturation and on Permeability of Porous Media to Water," SPEJ (December 1965) 295.
10. Sanchez, J.M. and Schechter, R.S.: "Surfactant Effects on the Two-Phase Flow of Steam-Water and Nitrogen-Water Through Permeable Media," J. Petr. Sci. Eng. (1989) 3, 185.
11. de Vries, A.S. and Wit, K.: "Rheology of Gas/Water Foam in the Quality Range Relevant to Steam Foam," SPERE (May 1990) 185.
12. Fiedmann, F., Chen, W.H., and Gauglitz, P.A.: "Experimental and Simulation Study of High-Temperature Foam Displacement in Porous Media," SPERE (February 1991) 37.
13. Radke, C.J. and Gillis, J.V.: "A Dual Gas Tracer Technique for Determining Trapped Gas Saturation During Steady Foam Flow in Porous Media," paper SPE 20519 presented at the 1990 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 23-26 September.
14. Kibodeaux, K.R., Zeilinger, S.C., and Rossen, W.R.: "Sensitivity Study of Foam Diversion Processes for Matrix Acidization," paper SPE 28550 presented at the 1994 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 25-28 September.
15. Zeilinger, S.C. et al.: "Improved Prediction of Foam Diversion in Matrix Acidization," paper SPE 29529 presented at the 1995 SPE Production Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2-4 April.
16. Thompson, K.E. and Gdanski, R.D.: "Laboratory Study Provides Guidelines for Diverting Acid With Foam," SPEPF (November 1993) 285.
17. Bernadiner, M.G., Thompson, K.E., and Fogler, H.S.: "Effect of Foams Used During Carbonate Acidizing," SPEPE (November 1992) 350.
18. Ettinger, R.A. and Radke, C.J.: "Influence of Texture on Steady Foam Flow in Berea Sandstone," SPERE (February 1992) 83.
19. Rossen, W.R. and Wang, M.W.: "Modeling Foams for Acid Diversion," SPEJ (June 1999) 92.
20. Vassenden, F. and Holt, T.: "Experimental Foundation for Relative Permeability Modeling of Foam," SPEREE (April 2000) 179.
21. Kovscek, A.R. and Radke, C.J.: "Fundamental of Foam Transport in Porous Media," Foams: Fundamental and Applications in the Petroleum Industry, L.L. Schramm (ed.), ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 242, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC (1994).
22. Berlin, H.J., Quintard, M.Y., and Castanier, L.M.: "Development of a Bubble-Population Correlation for Foam-Flow Modeling in Porous Media," SPEJ (December 1998) 356.
23. Shrivastava, V.K. et al.: "Numerical Simulation of Foam Flooding for Sweep Improvement," J. Can Pet. Tech. (1999) 38, No. 13, 45.
24. Myers, T.J. and Radke, C.J.: "Transient Foam Displacement in the Presence of Residual Oil: Experiment and Simulation Using a Population-Balance Model," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2000) 39, 2725.
25. Rossen, W.R. and Gauglitz, P.A.: "Percolation Theory of Creation and Mobilization of Foam in Porous Media," AlChE J. (1990) 36, 1176.
26. Rossen, W.R.: "Theory of Mobilization Pressure Gradient of Flowing Foams in Porous Media. I. Incompressible Foam." J. Colloid Interface Sci. (1990) 136, 1.
27. Rossen, W.R.: "Rheology of Foam in Porous Media at the 'Limiting Capillary Pressure'," Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole (1992), 47, 68.
28. Cohen, D., Patzek, T.W., and Radke, C.J.: "Onset of Mobilization and the Fraction of Trapped Foam in Porous Media," Trans. Porous Media (1997), 28, 253.
29. Cheng, L. et al.: "Simulating Foam Processes at High and Low Foam Qualities," paper SPE 59287 presented at the 2000 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, 3-5 April.
30. Schramm, L.L. (ed.): Foams: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petroleum Industry, ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 242, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC (1994).
31. Cheng, L. et al.: "Simulation of Dynamic Foam-Acid Diversion Processes," SPE 68916 presented at the 2001 SPE European Formation Damage Conference. The Hague, 21-22 May (preprint).
32. Alvarez, J.M., Rivas, H.J., and Rossen, W.R.: "Unified Model for Steady-State Foam Behavior at High and Low Foam Qualities." paper SPE 56825 presented at the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 3-6 October.