Numerical simulation of the LSWI effect on hydrocarbon recovery from carbonate rocks

E. W. Al-Shalabi; K. Sepehrnoori; M. Delshad

doi:10.1080/10916466.2014.1003940

Numerical simulation of the LSWI effect on hydrocarbon recovery from carbonate rocks

E. W. Al-Shalabi, K. Sepehrnoori, M. Delshad

The University of Texas at Austin

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Abstract

Wettability alteration mechanism is still believed to be the main contributor to low salinity water injection (LSWI) effect on oil recovery from carbonate rocks. The authors investigated the main mechanism and contributor to the LSWI effect on oil recovery from carbonate rocks through history matching recently published corefloods using the UTCHEM simulator. The history match results suggest that wettability alteration has negligible effect on water relative permeability, which could be related to the double electric layer expansion mechanism. This paper provides a basis to develop a LSWI model to predict oil recovery from carbonate rocks.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	595-603
Number of pages	9
Journal	Petroleum Science and Technology
Volume	33
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2014.1003940
State	Published - 4 Mar 2015

Keywords

incremental oil recovery by LSWI
low salinity water injection (LSWI)
LSWI in carbonates
modeling of LSWI in carbonate rocks
simulation of wettability alteration by LSWI

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