Review of the Effect of Temperature on Oil-Water Relative Permeability in Porous Rocks of Oil Reservoirs

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dc.contributor.authorEsmaeili, Sajjad
dc.contributor.authorSarma, Helmanta Kumar
dc.contributor.authorHarding, Thomas Grant
dc.contributor.authorMaini, B. B.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T16:48:11Z
dc.date.available2018-11-14T16:48:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-22
dc.description.abstractThermal methods of heavy oil recovery involve multi-phase flow at high temperatures. Numerical simulation studies of such processes require accounting for changes in the multi-phase flow behavior of the rock-fluid system with increasing temperature. Although the effect of temperature on two-phase relative permeability has been studied for more than five decades, it remains an unresolved issue. Experimental results that frequently contradict each other are still being reported and the issue remains a matter of debate. The purpose of this review is to critically examine the reported results and explore the possible reasons for contradictory results. We have examined the reported results of more frequently-cited papers from past five decades and attempted to rationalize the disagreements in findings. There appear to be three main reasons for the lack of consensus in experimentally observed results. The measurements of relative permeability at high temperature are complex and the reported results often include experimental artifacts. Secondly, meaningful relative permeability measurements require that capillary forces control the fluid distribution within the pore space, but this condition is difficult to ensure in viscous oil systems. The third reason is that the impact of temperature is not same in all rock-fluid systems, it depends on how the wettability, interfacial tension and the pore geometry changes with temperature. It becomes apparent that it is not advisable to generalize the effect of temperature on relative permeability from previous studies without having a good understanding of how the underlying parameters that can influence the relative permeability are changing with temperature. The relative permeability of a specific petroleum reservoir may (or may not) vary with temperature.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencyNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Other Progamsen_US
dc.identifier.citationEsmaeili, S., Sarma, H. K., Harding, T. G., & Maini, B. B. (2018). "Review of the Effect of Temperature on Oil-Water Relative Permeability in Porous Rocks of Oil Reservoirs", Fuel 237 (2019) 91-116; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.09.100en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.09.100en_US
dc.identifier.grantnumberIRC 490745-15en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/109172
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46012
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.publisher.departmentChemical & Petroleum Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.facultySchulich School of Engineeringen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionPost-printen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectHeavy Oilen_US
dc.subjectThermal Recoveryen_US
dc.subjectRelative Permeabilityen_US
dc.subjectEffect of Temperatureen_US
dc.titleReview of the Effect of Temperature on Oil-Water Relative Permeability in Porous Rocks of Oil Reservoirsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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