The use of fractional flow theory for foam displacement in presence of oil

Proceedings - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2006: Thriving on Volatility

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 303-314

  Mayberry, D J ^a   Kam, S I ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL FLOW THEORY; MOBILITY REDUCTION FACTOR (MRF); RESERVOIR FLUIDS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; TERNARY DIAGRAMS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FOAMS;

EID: 33846123365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (43)

1. 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).
2. Prud'homme R. K. and Khan S. (eds.): Foams: Theory, Measurements and Applications, Marcel Dekker, New York (1996).
3. Kam, S. I., Gauglitz, P. A., and Rossen, W. R.: "The Yield Stress of Foamy Sands," Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects (March 2002), Vol. 202, No. 1.
4. Hutchins, D., and Miller, M. J.: "A Circulating-Foam Loop for Evaluating Foam at Conditions of Use," SPE Prod. & Facilities (Nov. 2005), Vol. 20, No. 4.
5. Kuru E., SPE, Okunsebor O. M., and Li Y.: "Hydraulic Optimization of Foam Drilling For Maximum Drilling Rate in Vertical Wells," SPE Drilling & Completion (Dec. 2005), Vol. 20, No. 4.
6. Rossen, W. R.: "Foams in Enhanced Oil Recovery," in Foams: Theory, Measurements and Applications, R. K. Prud'homme and S. Khan (eds.). Marcel Dekker, New York (1996).
7. Kovscek, A. R., and Radke, C. J.: "Fundamentals of Foam Transport in Porous Media," in Foams: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petroleum Industry, L. L. Schramm (ed.), ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 242, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC (1994).
8. Martinsen, H. A., and Vassenden, F.: "Foam-Assisted Water Alternating Gas (FAWAG) Process on Snorre", presented at the 10th European 10R Symposium, Brighton (1999), UK, Aug. 18-20.
9. Tanzil, D., Hirasaki, G. J., and Miller, C. A.: "Conditions for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media," paper SPE 75176 presented at the 2002 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 13-17.
10. Terdre, N.: "Foam-Assisted Injection Trials Could Spread to Other North Sea Fields," Offshore (Aug. 2003), Vol. 63, No. 70.
11. Kam, S. I., Frenier, W. W., Davies, S. N., and Rossen, W. R.: "Experimental Study of High-Temperature Foam for Acid Diversion," paper SPE 82266 presented at the 2003 SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 13-14.
12. Smith, D. H. (ed.): "Surfactant-Based Mobility Control: Progress in Miscible-Flood Enhanced Oil Recovery," ACS Symp. Ser. No. 313, Am. Chem. Soc.(1988), Washington.
13. Wassmuth, F.R., Green, K.A., and Randall, L.: "Details of InSitu Foam Propagation Exposed With Magnetic Resonance Imaging," SPEREE (April 2001), p. 135-149.
14. Hirasaki, G. J., Jackson, R. E., Jin, M., Lawson, J. B., Londergan, J., Meinardus, H., Miller, C. A., Pope, G. A., Szafranski, R., and Tanzil, D.: "Field Demonstration of the Surfactant/Foam Process for Remediation of a Heterogeneous Aquifer Contaminated with DNAPL," in NAPL Removal: Surfactants, Foams, and Microemulsions, S. Fiorenza, C. A. Miller, C. L. Oubre, and C. H. Ward, (eds.), Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton (2000).
15. Mamun, C. K., Rong. J. G., Kam, S. I., Liljestrand, H. M., and Rossen, W. R.: "Extending Foam Technology from Improved Oil Recovery to Environmental Remediation, paper SPE 77557 presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 27-Oct. 2.
16. th Great Lakes Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental conference on In-Situ Remediation of Contaminated Sites (May 1996), p. 255-261, Chicago, IL.
17. Gauglitz, P. A., Friedmann, F., Kam, S. I., and Rossen, W. R.: "Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media," Chem. Eng. Sci. (2002) Vol. 57, p. 4037-4052.
18. Falls, A. H., Musters, J. J., and Ratulowski, J.: "The Apparent Viscosity of Foams in Homogeneous Bead Packs," SPERE (May 1989) p. 155.
19. Ransohoff, T. C., and Radke, C. J.: "Mechanisms of Foam Generation in Glass-Bead Packs," SPERE (May 1988), p. 573-585.
20. Chen, M., Yortsos, Y. C., and Rossen, W. R.: "Pore-Network Study of Mechanisms of Foam Generation," paper SPE 90939 presented at the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept. 26-29.
21. Tanzil, D., Hirasaki, G. J., and Miller, C. A.: "Conditions for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media," paper SPE 75176 presented at the 2002 SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 13-17.
22. Falls, A. H., Hirasaki, G. J., Patzek, T. W., Gauglitz, P. A., Miller, D. D., and Ratulowski, J: "Development of a Mechanistic Foam Simulator: The Population Balance and Generation by Snap-Off," SPERE (Aug. 1988) p. 884-892.
23. Kovscek, A. R., Patzek, T. W., and Radke, C. J.: "A Mechanistic Population Balance Model for Transient and Steady-State Foam Flow in Boise Sandstone," Chem. Eng. Svi. (1995), Vol. 50, p. 3783-3799.
24. Bertin, H. J., Quintard, M. Y., and Castanier, L. M.: "Development of a Bubble-Population Correlation for Foam-Flow Modeling in Porous Media," SPE J. (Dec. 1998), p. 356-362.
25. Kam, S.I., Li, Q., Nguyen, Q.P., Rossen, W.R.: "Dynamic Simulations with an Improved Model for Foam Generation," paper SPE 90938, presented at the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, Sept. 26-29.
26. Kovscek, A. R., Patzek, T. W., and Radke, C. J.: "Mechanistic Foam Flow Simulation in Heterogeneous and Multidimensional Porous Media," SPEJ. (Dec. 1997), p. 511-526.
27. 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. (2002), Vol. 39, p. 2725-2741.
28. Kam, S. I., and Rossen, W. R.: "A Model for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media," SPE J. (Dec. 2003), Vol. 8, p. 417-425.
29. Rossen, W. R., and Zhou, Z. H.: "Modeling Foam Mobility at the Limiting Capillary Pressure," SPE Adv. Technol. (1995), Vol. 3, p. 146.
30. Cheng, L., Kam, S. I., Delshad, M., and Rossen, W. R.: "Simulation of Dynamic Foam-Acid Diversion Processes," SPE J. (Sept. 2002), p. 316-324.
31. Kristiansen, T.S and Holt, T.: "Properties of Flowing Foam in Porous Media Containing Oil," paper presented at 1991 SPE/DOE Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 22-24.
32. Bergeron, V., Fagan, M.E. and Radke, C.J.: "Generalized Entering Coefficients: A Criterion for Foam Stability against Oil in Porous Media," Langmuir (1993), Vol. 9, p. 1704-1713.
33. 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," SPE J. (Dec. 1965), p. 195-300.
34. Jensen, J.A. and Friedmann, J.: "Physical and Chemical Effects of an Oil Phase on the Propagation of Foam in Porous Media," paper SPE 16375 presented at the 1987 California Regional Meeting, Ventura, CA, April 8-10.
35. Lau, H.C. and O'Brien, S.M.: "Effects of Spreading and Non-spreading Oils on Foam Propagation through Porous Media," SPERE (Aug. 1988), p. 893-896.
36. Rong, J. G.: Experimental Result of Foam in Environ mental Remediation, Ph. D Dissertation at The University of Texas at Austin (May 2002).
37. Lake, L.: Enhanced Oil Recovery, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1989).
38. Dake, L. P.: Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, Elsevier, New York (1978).
39. Dholkawala, Z. F., Sarma, H. K., and Kam, S. I.: "Application of Fractional Flow Theory to Foams in Porous Media," Accpeted in J. of Pet. Sci. & Eng. (2006).
40. Helfferich, F. G., and Klein, G.: Multicomponent Chromatography, Marcel Dekker, New York (1970).
41. Helfferich, F. G.: "Theory of Multicomponent, Multiphase Displacement in Porous Media," SPE J. (Feb. 1981), Vol. 21, p. 51-62.
42. Stone, H. L.: "Probability Model for Estimating Three Phase Relative Permeability and Residual Oil Saturation," JPT (1970), p. 214-218.
43. Cinar, Y., and Orr Jr., F. M.: "Measurement of Three-Phase Relative Permeability with IFT Variation," SPEREE (Feb. 2005) Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 33-43.