THE EFFECT OF CRUDE-OIL AGING TIME AND TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE OF WATER IMBIBITION AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY BY IMBIBITION

Authors
ZHOU XM TORSAETER O XIE X MORROW NR
Citation
Xm. Zhou et al., THE EFFECT OF CRUDE-OIL AGING TIME AND TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE OF WATER IMBIBITION AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY BY IMBIBITION, SPE formation evaluation, 10(4), 1995, pp. 259-265
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels",Geology,"Engineering, Petroleum
Journal title
SPE formation evaluation → ACNP
ISSN journal
0885923X
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
259 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-923X(1995)10:4<259:TEOCAT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We investigated short-term rates of imbibition of water and long-term recovery by spontaneous imbibition for crude oil/brine/rock systems. I ncreasing the aging time and aging temperature decreased the early tim e rate of imbibition of water. Moderately water-wet plugs gave the hig hest recovery by long-term imbibition. We present photographic records of oil production at core surfaces, which are indicative of conectivi ty and capillary-pressure driving forces for imbibition.