Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 606-611.doi: 10.11743/ogg20160419

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A numerical simulation method of heterogeneous combination flooding

Cao Weidong1, Dai Tao1, Yu Jinbiao1, Lu Tongchao2, Cheng Aijie2, Xi Kaihua2   

  1. 1. Exploration and Development Research Institute, Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015, China;
    2. School of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
  • Received:2015-10-21 Revised:2016-03-23 Online:2016-08-08 Published:2016-09-06

Abstract: Heterogeneous combination flooding is a new chemical flooding method for further enhancing oil recovery in post-polymer-flooding reservoirs,and its main components of displacing agents include branched preformed particle gel(B-PPG),polymer and surfactant.According to laboratory experiments,the physicochemical properties of B-PPG and its oil-displacing characteristics are obviously different from that of polymer.The traditional mathematics model and simulators for chemical flooding can not accurately describe the oil displacement mechanism of B-PPG.In order to figure out the mechanism of heterogeneous combination flooding,a concept of particle throughput factor was introduced based on laboratory experiment results.We described the discontinuous migration features of B-PPG particles,modified the mathematical representation of residual resistance coefficient,built a new mathematical model,and performed fast solution algorithm research and software realization.Numerical experiments showed that the mathematical model can satisfactorily describe the oil-displacing mechanism of B-PPG,fit laboratory experiment results,and show good performance in history matching and dynamic tracking in field application.

Key words: seepage characteristics, throughput factor, mathematical model, numerical simulation, heterogeneous combination flooding, enhanced oil recovery

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