Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 533-536.doi: 10.11743/ogg20080418

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An experimental study of oil saturation in different secondary migration modes

Hou Ping1, Luo Xiaorong2, Fan Changjiang1, Zhou Bo3   

  1. 1. CNOOP International Research Center, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing 100029, China;
    3. SINOPEC Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2008-01-17 Online:2008-08-24 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

There are three modes of secondary oil migration,including stable displacement mode,fingering mode, and spring mode.In order to observe the changing patterns of oil saturation,residual oil saturation,and the ratio of residual oil volume to pathway space under these three migration modes,glass cylinder systems with mediums of different materials and different grain sizes packed with wet-packing method were used to carry out experiments with buoyancy as the only driving force or pumping pressure and buoyancy as the combined driving force. The results show that the oil saturation of the migration pathway and the ratio of residual oil volume to inner space of cylinder vary greatly under different migration modes,while the residual oil saturation remains almost the same.

Key words: oil saturation, residual oil saturation, migration mode, secondary migration, simulation experiment

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