Extension of an empirical wormhole model for carbonate matrix acidizing through two-scale continuum 3D simulations

MP Schwalbert, D Zhu, AD Hill - SPE Europec featured at EAGE …, 2017 - onepetro.org
… approach, and averaged continuum (or two-scale) models. Of all those categories, two …
-empirical and the averaged continuum models. The averaged continuum (or two-scale) models

Modeling and simulation of wormhole formation during acidization of fractured carbonate rocks

P Liu, J Yao, GD Couples, J Ma, Z Huang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
… A two-scale continuum model with explicit fractures is developed … wormhole, through the
rock matrix, follows pathways defined by local regions of higher permeability rock. By extending

The accuracy of carbonate matrix-acidizing models in predicting optimum injection and wormhole propagation rates

OO Akanni, HA Nasr-El-Din - SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and …, 2015 - onepetro.org
… modified semi-empirical wormhole propagation model is recommended … a wellbore with a
wormhole extending into the formation to … The two-scale models give a good prediction of the …

Carbonate acidizing: A mechanistic model for wormhole growth in linear and radial flow

M Ali, M Ziauddin - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
… Semi-empirical models are computationally fast; however, they do not scale well to …
modeling equations extend to radial flow based on the change in the domain area with wormhole

A new insight into wormhole propagation prediction in carbonate matrix acidizing based on experimental approaches

M Karimi, S Ayatollahi - Gas Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
… the newly developed numerical-empirical method of wormhole propagation prediction. There
… to the other numerical models for acidizing (such as two scale continuum model), the entire …

Numerical and experimental investigation of acid wormholing during acidization of vuggy carbonate rocks

O Izgec, D Zhu, AD Hill - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
… acid propagates wormholes through vuggy carbonates much … Following this idea, we present
a modeling study to understand … rocks may be investigated as continuation of this study. …

A computational Navier-Stokes fluid-dynamics-simulation study of wormhole propagation in carbonate-matrix acidizing and analysis of factors influencing the …

OO Akanni, HA Nasr-El-Din, D Gusain - SPE Journal, 2017 - onepetro.org
… In this work, a two-scale model—with fluid flow described by the … the propagation of wormholes
during carbonate acidizing. This … model are examined for the extension of the two-scale

From pore scale to wellbore scale: Impact of geometry on wormhole growth in carbonate acidization

CE Cohen, D Ding, M Quintard, B Bazin - Chemical Engineering Science, 2008 - Elsevier
… In contrast, an “unconfined” domain, or a domain “of great extension” will see wormhole
A mechanistic model of wormhole growth in carbonate matrix acidizing and fracturing. …

Modeling wormhole propagation during closed-fracture-acidizing stimulation in tight-carbonate formations

K Aldhayee, MT Ali, HA Nasr-El-Din - SPE Journal, 2020 - onepetro.org
model coupled with the two-scale continuum model to analyze the performance of CFA in
terms of the associated dissolution process and wormhole-… not extend to the model boundaries …

Geochemical modeling of wormhole propagation in carbonate acidizing considering mineralogy heterogeneity

W Wei, A Varavei, A Sanaei, K Sepehrnoori - SPE Journal, 2019 - onepetro.org
… minerals of carbonate rocks occur simultaneously. In this paper, a two-scale continuum
model is … pattern, branched pattern of large extension, and compact pattern. Fredd (2000) …