Mathematical filtration model with capillary forces in a multipore medium

Oleg Tsykunov

Abstract


This paper proposes a modification of a one-dimensional model of fluid filtration in an oil-saturated reservoir under the action of capillary forces to take into account the additional injection pressure gradient. This model was verified through a series of flow experiments on core, and agreement with actual data was obtained at the initial stage of filtration. A deviation of the model in the final sections was also noted, which is associated with the averaging of rock properties and its representation as a set of identical capillary tubes. Therefore, it was proposed to use a dual-poro model, in which the reservoir is decomposed into two media with different properties. This made it possible to reproduce the change in filtration dynamics associated with the flow of liquid through pores of various sizes, but the impregnation curve deviated greatly from the experimental data. To increase accuracy, mass transfer between two media was introduced into the model, and a system of first-order differential equations was obtained that describes the filtration of water and oil in the reservoir rock. This approach made it possible to reproduce the experimental imbibition curves with high accuracy at stages 1 and 2. The introduction of a third medium with the smallest pores into the model helped to describe the third stage, when the increase in the accumulated mass of the imbibition is minimal.

The proposed model was used to conduct a series of numerical experiments. It has been determined that in natural multipore systems, the rate of capillary impregnation increases with increasing radius of the pore channel, despite the decrease in capillary pressure. Moreover, in small channels, imbibition makes a greater contribution to filtration than the external pressure gradient.


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