Analytical models for predicting oil recovery from immiscible CO2 injection: a literature review

MMHI Abdulla, S Pokharel - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The enhanced oil recovery is applied to increase oil recovery from oil reservoirs. The
immiscible CO 2 injection oil recovery method is suitable for reservoirs with low pressure …

Development of scaling criteria for enhanced oil recovery: A review

A Rahman, FA Happy, S Ahmed, ME Hossain - Journal of Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Scaling criteria are used to evaluate the performance of a reservoir by deriving
dimensionless groups which affect a specific enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. The …

Numerical and analytical study of effects of small scale heterogeneity on CO2/brine multiphase flow system in horizontal corefloods

CW Kuo, SM Benson - Advances in Water Resources, 2015 - Elsevier
Here we provide a comprehensive study of the fundamental physics both numerically and
analytically, of the combined influence of heterogeneity, viscous forces, gravity, and …

Performance quantification of Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods in fractured reservoirs

R Kharrat, M Zallaghi, H Ott - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The enhanced oil recovery mechanisms in fractured reservoirs are complex and not fully
understood. It is technically challenging to quantify the related driving forces and their …

Dimensional analysis and scale-up of immiscible two-phase flow displacement in fractured porous media under controlled gravity drainage

S Zendehboudi, I Chatzis, AA Mohsenipour… - Energy & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Oil production from a fractured reservoir, composed of a gas cap and an oil zone, is usually
accomplished using surface or submersible pumps. The production method is called …

Pore-scale investigation of immiscible gas-assisted gravity drainage

D Kong, P Lian, W Zhu, Y Li - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Gas-assisted gravity drainage (GAGD) is an effective method of oil recovery that is
influenced by the properties of the fluids and formations involved. In this paper, a direct …

Intermittent ultrasonic wave to improve oil recovery

A Agi, R Junin, AS Chong - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the use of intermittent vibration as a cost-effective and environmentally
friendly approach to enhance oil recovery (EOR). Previous research work has focused only …

Scaling the impacts of pore-scale characteristics on unstable supercritical CO2-water drainage using a complete capillary number

C Chang, TJ Kneafsey, Q Zhou, M Oostrom… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage in deep aquifers involves displacement of resident brine by
supercritical CO 2 (scCO 2), which is an unstable drainage process caused by the invasion …

Engineered CO2 injection: The use of surfactants for enhanced sweep efficiency

S Kim, JC Santamarina - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2014 - Elsevier
Poor CO 2 displacement efficiency can exacerbate hydro-chemo-mechanically coupled
phenomena in CO 2 storage reservoirs, increase the area affected by CO 2 in the reservoir …

The gas–oil interfacial behavior during gas injection into an asphaltenic oil reservoir

M Escrochi, N Mehranbod… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Oil displacement and recovery efficiency during gas injection depends on the competition
between driving forces and capillary resistance that is governed by gas–oil interfacial …