A new mathematical model and experimental validation on foamy-oil flow in developing heavy oil reservoirs

Effect of Fractional Flow Curves on the Heavy Oil and Light Oil Recoveries in Petroleum Reservoirs

A Mixture Model for Foamy Oil Flow in Porous Media

The processes of nucleation, bubble growth and finally the creation of connected gas during the pressure draw-down in an oil reservoir are discussed. From these mechanisms, possible descriptions of foamy oil production appear. One of these mechanisms is the creation of bubbles, small compared to pore sizes, which move with the oil phase and which push the oil out of the reservoir. If this mecha...

Modeling Foamy Oil Flow in Porous Media

Certain heavy oils which foam under severe depressurization give rise to increased recovery factor and an increased rate of production under solution gas drive. These oils not only stabilize foam, but also stabilize dispersion of gas bubbles at lower volume ratios. The way this phenomenon is related to the chemistry of the oil and its viscosity is presently not understood. We present here a mat...

Foamy Oil Flow in Porous Media

Certain heavy oils which foam under severe depressurization give rise to increased production and an increased rate of production under solution gas drive. The phenomenon seems to be related to the chemistry of these oils which not only stabilize foam but also stabilize dispersion of gas bubbles at lower volume ratios. We present here a mathematical model of this phenomenon which depends only o...

Model-based Control of Multiphase Flow in Subsurface Oil Reservoirs

An emerging method to increase the recovery of oil from subsurface reservoirs is the application of measurement and control techniques to better control the multiphase flow in the reservoir over the entire production period. In particular the use of sensors and remotely controllable valves in wells and at surface, in combination with large-scale reservoir flow models is promising. Various eleme...