Influence of Different Redevelopment Measures on Water–Oil Immiscible Displacement and Mechanism Analysis

Le Wang, Haowen Wu, Zhourong Cao (), Shijie Fang, Shiyu Duan and Yishuo Wang
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Le Wang: College of Civil Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
Haowen Wu: Downhole Service Corporation, PetroChina Jidong Oilfield Company, Tangshan 063200, China
Zhourong Cao: Chengdu Xingrong Environmental Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610040, China
Shijie Fang: Operating Area of Luliang Oilfield, Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay 834000, China
Shiyu Duan: College of Civil Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
Yishuo Wang: College of Civil Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: Understanding the two-phase displacement behaviors of oil and water in porous media under different reservoir development modes for enhanced oil recovery is essential. In this paper, the influence of development measures, such as increasing the injection rate, changing the inlet/outlet position, increasing the water viscosity, and reducing the surface tension coefficient, on oil–water dynamic behaviors was studied using a numerical simulation based on the study of the formation of a high-water-cut channel by water flooding at different injection rates. The results show that blockage and restart occur during displacement in the pore–throat channel and during staggered displacement in different pore channels. With an increase in the injection rate, the recovery increases first and then decreases. All the different development measures can increase the swept area and recovery factor. The recovery factor increases significantly by reducing the surface tension coefficient at medium/high injection rates (≥0.01 m/s) and by increasing the viscosity of the water at low injection rates (<0.01 m/s). The numerical simulation study preliminarily revealed the influence of different development measures on displacement behaviors in the pore model. It thus provides theoretical support for understanding the law of oil and water movement in reservoirs.

Keywords: oil–water two-phase displacement; numerical simulation; porous media; development modes (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: 2023
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