NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES IMPACT ON REVERSE OF RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES FOR FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA
UDC: 532.546
DOI: 10.33285/2073-9028-2021-2(303)-5-14
Authors:
GALECHYAN ARTUR M.1,
KADET VALERY V.2,
BATYRSHIN EDUARD S.3,
SAMETOV SERGEY P.3
1 Institute of Geology and Development of Fossil Fuels, Moscow, Russian Federation
2 Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), Moscow, Russian Federation
3 RN-BashNIPIneft, Ufa, Russian Federation
Keywords: Two-phase flow in porous media, percolation model, non-Newtonian fluids, lab research, hele-shaw cell
Annotation:
Percolation modelling of a two-phase flow in porous media theoretically predicted the effect of relative permeability curves reversing behavior for power-law fluids. The flow of fluids with various rheological properties was simulated on the Hele-Shaw cell with close packing of glass balls in order to confirm this theoretical effect by the experiment. The experimental data qualitatively confirm the theoretical calculations, leading to the opportunity to choose the optimal recovery mechanism if the formation fluid rheology data are available.
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