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dc.contributor.advisorHustad, Odd Steve
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T14:00:34Z
dc.date.available2018-08-28T14:00:34Z
dc.date.created2018-06-11
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifierntnudaim:19379
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2559709
dc.description.abstractThis master thesis presents simulations of two core flooding experiments. The two experiments consisted of injecting gas in a gravity stablemanner into a vertical core, after the core had beenwaterflooded. The main difference between the two experiments was the use of equilibrium gas in the first experiment, while dry separator gas was used in the second. Using these different injection gases would expose the difference in the oil production due to mass transfer effects. The second experiment revealed that as oil was vaporized, water production from the core increased aswell. Other investigatorswere unsuccessful of simulating this phenomenon and thus obtaining a proper history match of the water phase. The problem was identified as a problem with how the capillary pressure was managed throughout the simulations. Traditional three-phase models does not address the issue. To properly simulate the two experiments, the ODD3P three-phase model is used. Thismodel is utilizing saturation functions between all phases, also gas and water. The model combines hysteresis and miscibility to both capillary pressure and relative permeability in a continuous manner. Themodel also applies live scaling of capillary pressure with respect to changing interfacial tension. By using the ODD3P model, it was possible to obtain a history match of all three phases in both experiments. The increased water production due to vaporization of oil is accurately simulated by the use of a transition from water-oil capillary pressure into water-gas capillary pressure. By applying this transition at very low oil saturation,more water is allowed to flow. The oil and gas phases are also accurately simulated to history match experimental data. A surface equation of state is made to perform the flash calculations from reservoir to standard conditions. Injection of gas created an oil bank in both experiments. After the oil bank was produced a rather small flow of oil was seen in the first experiment. In the second experiment oil was produced in fairly high rate after the oil bank was produced. Analysis of the oil flowmechanisms revealed that thiswas a results of vaporization of oil. The vaporization effect proved to be significant. Approximately twice as much oil were recovered by using a dry separator gas instead of an equilibrium gas.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNTNU
dc.subjectPetroleumsfag, Reservoarteknologi og petrofysikk
dc.titleHistory Matching of Vertical Gas Injection Displacement Experiments
dc.typeMaster thesis


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