Laboratory investigation of capillary trapping under mixed-wet conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4311-4319

  Tanino, Y ^a   Blunt, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coreflood; imbibition; mixed wet; multiphase flow; oil recovery; waterflood

Indexed keywords

LIME; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS PLATES;

COREFLOOD; IMBIBITION; MIXED-WET; OIL RECOVERIES; WATER FLOOD;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 84880649104     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20344     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Amaefule, J. O., and, L. L. Handy, (1982), The effect of interfacial tensions on relative oil/water permeabilities of consolidated porous media, SPE J., 22 (3), 371-381, doi: 10.2118/9783-PA.
2. Anderson, W. G., (1986), Wettability literature survey part 1: Rock/oil/brine interactions and the effects of core handling on wettability, J. Pet. Technol., 38 (10), 1125-1144, doi: 10.2118/13932-PA.
3. Anderson, W. G., (1987), Wettability literature survey-part 6: The effects of wettability on waterflooding, J. Pet. Technol., 39 (12), 1605-1622, doi: 10.2118/16471-PA. (Pubitemid 18535882)
4. Blunt, M. J., (1997), Pore level modeling of the effects of wettability, SPE J., 2 (4), 494-510, doi: 10.2118/38435-PA.
5. Chatzis, I., and, N. Morrow, (1984), Correlation of Capillary number relationships for sandstone, SPE J., 24 (5), 555-562, doi: 10.2118/10114-PA. (Pubitemid 14665988)
6. Churcher, P. L., P. R. French, J. C. Shaw, and, L. L. Schramm, (1991), Rock properties of Berea sandstone, Baker dolomite, and Indiana limestone, paper presented at International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, Soc. of Pet. Eng., Anaheim, Calif., 20-22 Feb., doi: 10.2118/21044-MS.
7. Dullien, F. A. L., (1991), Porous Media. Fluid Transport and Pore Structure, 2nd ed., Academic San Diego, Calif.
8. Dwarakanath, V., R. E. Jackson, and, G. A. Pope, (2002), Influence of wettability on the recovery of NAPLs from alluvium, Environ. Sci. Technol., 36 (2), 227-231, doi: 10.1021/es011023w. (Pubitemid 34072629)
9. 2 trapping in Indiana limestone, Environ. Sci. Technol., 47 (1), 227-233, doi: 10.1021/es304166u.
10. 2 geological storage, Water Resour. Res., 46, W07537, doi: 10.1029/2009WR008634.
11. Good, R. J., and, R. S. Mikhail, (1981), The contact angle in mercury intrusion porosimetry, Powder Technol., 29 (1), 53-62, doi: 10.1016/0032- 5910(81)85004-8.
12. Graue, A., B. G. Viksund, T. Eilertsen, and, R. Moe, (1999), Systematic wettability alteration by aging sandstone and carbonate rock in crude oil, J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 24 (24), 85-97, doi: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00033-9. (Pubitemid 30221785)
13. Hart, D. J., and, H. F. Wang, (1995), Laboratory measurements of a complete set of poroelastic moduli for Berea sandstone and Indiana limestone, J. Geophys. Res., 100 (B9), 17,741-17,751, doi: 10.1029/95JB01242.
14. Haynes, W. M., (2011), Concentrative properties of aqueous solutions: Density, refractive index, freezing point depression, and viscosity, in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics [online], edited by, W. M. Haynes, 91st ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
15. Hilfer, R., and, P.-E. Oren, (1996), Dimensional analysis of pore scale and field scale immiscible displacement, Transp. Porous Media, 22 (1), 53-72.
16. Iglauer, S., S. Favretto, G. Spinelli, G. Schena, and, M. J. Blunt, (2010), X-ray tomography measurements of power-law cluster size distributions for the nonwetting phase in sandstones, Phys. Rev. E, 82, 056315, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.056315.
17. 2 imaged with X-ray micro-tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21403, doi: 10.1029/2011GL049680.
18. Iglauer, S., M. A. Fern, P. Shearing, and, M. J. Blunt, (2012), Comparison of residual oil cluster size distribution, morphology and saturation in oil-wet and water-wet sandstone, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 375 (1), 187-192, doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.02.025.
19. Jackson, M. D., P. H. Valvatne, and, M. J. Blunt, (2005), Prediction of wettability variation within an oil/water transition zone and its impact on production, SPE J., 10 (2), 184-195, doi: 10.2118/77543-PA. (Pubitemid 41009624)
20. Jadhunandan, P. P., and, N. R. Morrow, (1995), Effect of wettability on waterflood recovery for crude-oil/brine/rock systems, SPE Reservoir Eng., 10 (1), 40-46, doi: 10.2118/22597-PA.
21. Jerauld, G. R., and, J. J. Rathmell, (1997), Wettability and relative permeability of Prudhoe Bay: A case study in mixed-wet reservoirs, SPE Reservoir Eng., 12 (1), 58-65, doi: 10.2118/28576-PA. (Pubitemid 127463966)
22. Johannesen, E. B., A. Graue, B. A. Baldwin, and, D. P. Tobola, (2007), Establishing mixed wet conditions in chalk-Emphasis on wettability alteration and oil recovery, paper presented at International Symposium, Soc. of Core Anal., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 10-12 Sept.
23. Kaminsky, R., V. Bergeron, and, C. J. Radke, (1993), Thin films, asphaltenes, and reservoir wettability, Tech. Rep. LBL-34467, Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berekeley, Calif., doi: 10.2172/10194918.
24. Kestin, J., H. Khalifa, and, R. Correia, (1981), Tables of the dynamic and kinematic viscosity of aqueous NaCl solutions in the temperature range 20-150°C and the pressure range 0.1-35 MPa, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 10 (1), 71-87.
25. Land, C., (1968), Calculation of imbibition relative permeability for two- and three-phase flow from rock properties, SPE J., 243, 149-156, doi: 10.2118/1942-PA.
26. Leach, R. O., O. R. Wagner, H. W. Wood, and, C. F. Harpke, (1962), A laboratory and field study of wettability adjustment in water flooding, J. Pet. Technol., 14 (2), 206-212, doi: 10.2118/119-PA.
27. Mair, R. W., G. P. Wong, D. Hoffmann, M. D. Hurlimann, S. Patz, L. M. Schwartz, and, R. L. Walsworth, (1999), Probing porous media with gas diffusion NMR, Phys. Rev. Lett., 83, 3324-3327, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3324. (Pubitemid 129582895)
28. Mungan, N., (1966), Interfacial effects in immiscible liquid-liquid displacement in porous media, SPE J., 6 (3), 247-253, doi: 10.2118/1442-PA.
29. Oak, M. J., L. E. Baker, and, D. C. Thomas, (1990), Three-phase relative permeability of Berea sandstone, J. Pet. Technol., 42 (8), 1054-1061, doi: 10.2118/17370-PA.
30. Øren, P.-E., S. Bakke, and, O. J. Arntzen, (1998), Extending predictive capabilities to network models, SPE J., 3 (4), 324-336, doi: 10.2118/52052-PA.
31. Pentland, C. H., R. El-Maghraby, S. Iglauer, and, M. J. Blunt, (2011), Measurements of the capillary trapping of super-critical carbon dioxide in Berea sandstone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06401, doi: 10.1029/2011GL046683.
32. Powers, S. E., and, M. E. Tamblin, (1995), Wettability of porous media after exposure to synthetic gasolines, J. Contam. Hydrol., 19 (2), 105-125, doi: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00008-J. (Pubitemid 26441813)
33. Powers, S. E., W. H. Anckner, and, T. F. Seacord, (1996), Wettability of NAPL-contaminated sands, J. Environ. Eng., 122 (10), 889-896, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1996)122:10(889). (Pubitemid 126671956)
34. Ryazanov, A. V., M. I. J. Dijke, and, K. S. Sorbie, (2009), Two-phase pore-network modelling: Existence of oil layers during water invasion, Transp. Porous Media, 80, 79-99, doi: 10.1007/s11242-009-9345-x.
35. Salathiel, R. A., (1973), Oil recovery by surface film drainage in mixed-wettability rocks, SPE J., 25 (10), 1216-1224, doi: 10.2118/4104-PA.
36. Skauge, A., and, B. Ottesen, (2002), A summary of experimentally derived relative permeability and residual saturation on North Sea reservoir cores, paper presented at International Symposium, Soc. of Core Anal., Monterey, Calif., 23-25 Sept.
37. Stegemeier, G. L., (1977), Mechanism of entrapment and mobilization of oil in porous media, in Improved Oil Recovery by Surfactant and Polymer Flooding, edited by, D. O. Shah, and, R. S. Schechter, pp. 55-91, Academic, New York.
38. Sutanto, E., H. T. Davis, and, L. E. Scriven, (1990), Liquid distributions in porous rock examined by cryo scanning electron microscopy, paper presented at Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Soc. of Pet. Eng., New Orleans, La., 23-26 Sept., doi: 10.2118/20518-MS.
39. Tanino, Y., and, M. J. Blunt, (2012), Capillary trapping in sandstones and carbonates: Dependence on pore structure, Water Resour. Res., 48, W08525, doi: 10.1029/2011WR011712.
40. Taylor, J. R., (1997), An Introduction to Error Analysis. The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, 2nd ed., Univ. Sci. Books, Sausalito, Calif.
41. Valvatne, P. H., and, M. J. Blunt, (2004), Predictive pore-scale modeling of two-phase flow in mixed wet media, Water Resour. Res., 40, W07406, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002627.
42. Wang, F. H. L., (1988), Effect of wettability alteration on water/oil relative permeability, dispersion, and flowable saturation in porous media, SPE Reservoir Eng., 3 (2), 617-628, doi: 10.2118/15019-PA. (Pubitemid 18624865)
43. 2-brine-mineral interface: Implications for geologic carbon sequestration, Environ. Sci. Technol., 47 (1), 234-241, doi: 10.1021/es301297z.
44. Wardlaw, N. C., and, R. P. Taylor, (1976), Mercury capillary pressure curves and the intepretation of pore structure and capillary behaviour in reservoir rocks, Bull. Can. Pet. Geol., 24 (2), 225-262.
45. Wardlaw, N. C., Y. Li, and, D. Forbes, (1987), Pore-throat size correlation from capillary pressure curves, Transp. Porous Med., 2 (6), 597-614, doi: 10.1007/BF00192157. (Pubitemid 18581955)
46. Winslow, D. N., (1978), The validity of high pressure mercury intrusion porosimetry, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 67 (1), 42-47, doi: 10.1016/0021- 9797(78)90212-6.
47. Wood, A. R., T. C. Wilcox, D. G. MacDonald, J. J. Flynn, and, P. F. Angert, (1991), Determining effective residual oil saturation for mixed wettability reservoirs: Endicott Field, Alaska, paper presented at Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Soc. of Pet. Eng., Dallas, Tex., 6-9 Oct., doi: 10.2118/22903-MS.
48. Wu, Y., P. J. Shuler, M. Blanco, Y. Tang, and, W. A. Goddard III, (2008), An experimental study of wetting behavior and surfactant EOR in carbonates with model compounds, SPE J., 13 (1), 26-34, doi: 10.2118/99612-PA. (Pubitemid 351583164)
49. Zeppieri, S., J. Rodríguez, and, A. Lõpez de Ramos, (2001), Interfacial tension of alkane + water systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 46 (5), 1086-1088, doi: 10.1021/je000245r. (Pubitemid 32903198)
50. Zhou, X., N. R. Morrow, and, S. Ma, (2000), Interrelationship of wettability, initial water saturation, aging time, and oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition and waterflooding, SPE J., 5 (2), 199-207, doi: 10.2118/62507-PA. (Pubitemid 32272559)
51. Zhu, W., P. Baud, and, T. Wong, (2010), Micromechanics of cataclastic pore collapse in limestone, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B04405, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006610.