Can I read Magnitude and Detailed Structure of Residual Oil Saturation on EtoBox?

Magnitude and Detailed Structure of Residual Oil Saturation by Ioannis Chatzis; Norman R. Morrow; Hau T. Lim is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Magnitude and Detailed Structure of Residual Oil Saturation about?

Abstract Experimental results are presented that demonstrate the effect on residual oil, under water-wet conditions, of particle size, particle-size distribution, macroscopic and microscopic heterogeneities, microscopic dimensions such as ratio of pore-body to pore-throat size, and pore-to-pore coordination number. Experiments were performed in random packs of equal spheres, heterogeneous packs of spheres with microscopic and macroscopic heterogeneities, two-dimensional (2D) capillary networks having various pore geometries, and Berea sandstone. Detailed information on residual oil structure is presented, including blob-size distributions of residual oil. Major conclusions are (1) residual saturations are independent of absolute pore size, per se, in systems of similar pore geometry; (2) well-mixed two-component aggregates of spheres gave virtually the same residual saturations as random packings of equal spheres; (3) clusters of large pores accessible through small pores will retain oil; (4) high aspect ratios tend to cause entrapment of oil as a large number of relatively small blobs, each held in single pores; and (5) the role of pore-to-pore coordination number is generally sec

Who reads Magnitude and Detailed Structure of Residual Oil Saturation?

Author

Ioannis Chatzis; Norman R. Morrow; Hau T. Lim

Published

1983

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)