Experimental Study of Influence of Core Wettability on Imbibition Properties

Xuegang Feng, Xiang’an Yue, Weiqing An and Jirui Zou
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Xuegang Feng: State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Xiang’an Yue: State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Weiqing An: State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Jirui Zou: State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: Through new core wettability simulation technology and the single-sided unidirectional imbibition experimental method, the influence of core wettability on oil imbibition characteristics was studied by using artificial cores with wettability index in the range of −0.9~0.95. Results show that for the cores with permeability from ultra-low to medium–high, the imbibition time shows a monotonically decreasing law with the increase in the wettability index. In the weak water-wet range, the imbibition time increases significantly with the weakening of water-wet. Oil imbibition rate goes up with the increase in wettability index. In the strong water-wet range, the imbibition rate will change significantly with wettability. In the water-wet zone, there is a positive correlation between imbibition oil limit recovery and wettability index, according to which a power exponent model of them is established. The imbibition–displacement ratio, which characterizes the contribution rate of oil recovery by imbibition to that by waterflooding, is also positively correlated with the wettability index. In addition, imbibition–displacement ratios of extra-low permeability cores are very close to that of medium–high permeability cores. According to the analysis of the research results, compared with the strongly water-wet oil layer, the weakly water-wet oil layer with a wettability index of 0–0.5 has a greater contribution to oil recovery by using the enhanced imbibition method.

Keywords: imbibition; wettability; imbibition oil recovery; imbibition rate; artificial core (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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