Mechanistic modeling of foam flow through porous media in the presence of oil: review of foam-oil interactions and an improved bubble population-balance model

K Ma, K Mateen, G Ren, H Luo, G Bourdarot… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Modeling foam flow through porous media in the presence of oil is essential for various foam-
assisted enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. We performed an in-depth literature …

[HTML][HTML] Surfactant flooding: The influence of the physical properties on the recovery efficiency

P Druetta, F Picchioni - Petroleum, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes aim at increasing the performance and
operative life of oilfields while newer, greener and more efficient energy sources are …

Ion-exchange inverse problem for low-salinity coreflooding

S Borazjani, A Behr, L Genolet, P Kowollik… - Transport in Porous …, 2019 - Springer
The data input for reservoir simulation of low-salinity waterflood in sandstones includes
adsorption isotherms, or equilibrium constants for all cation-exchange reactions, and cation …

Performance of Inflow Control Devices (ICDs) in Horizontal Injection Wells with Injection Induced Fractures

J Hu, Y Ou, S Zheng, M Sharma, T Clemens… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2023 - onepetro.org
Abstract Inflow Control Devices (ICDs) have been extensively used in injection wells to
control the injection profile. The design of ICDs is usually based on the permeability and …

Exact solution for tertiary polymer flooding with polymer mechanical entrapment and adsorption

S Borazjani, L Dehdari, P Bedrikovetsky - Transport in Porous Media, 2020 - Springer
Two-phase transport with simultaneous component adsorption and mechanical entrapment
occurs in numerous suspension and nano-colloidal flows in porous media, including …

Influence of Injection Induced Fractures Along Horizontal Wells with ICDs During Subsurface Cold Fluid Injection

J Hu, M Sharma - ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Injection Induced Fractures (IIFs) are often formed during subsurface fluid injection.
Reservoir cooling caused by the injection of cold fluids can reduce the fracture gradient …

Effect of reservoir permeability on oil recovery using air foam flooding: A case study on Ganguyi oilfield

H Zhang, X Zhang, X Ying - Petroleum Science and Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Air foam flooding is an important technology to enhance oil recovery by improving the swept
volume of the fluid and the efficiency of displacement of oil. This study uses a literature …

Estimation of foam–flow parameters for local equilibrium methods by use of steady-state flow experiments and optimization algorithms

JS de Araujo Cavalcante Filho, M Delshad… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Foam has been successfully used in the oil industry for conformance and mobility control in
gas-injection processes. The efficiency of a foam-injection project must be assessed by …

Low-tension gas modeling in surfactant alternating gas and surfactant/gas coinjection processes

MR Beygi, A Varavei, M Lotfollahi… - SPE Asia Pacific …, 2015 - onepetro.org
In this paper, we present a framework to model low-tension gas flood process and
implement the model into the UT in-house compositional gas reservoir simulator (UT …

Numerical effects on the simulation of surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery

O Akinyele, KD Stephen - Computational Geosciences, 2022 - Springer
Numerical simulation of surfactant flooding using conventional reservoir simulation models
can lead to unreliable forecasts and bad decisions due to the appearance of numerical …