Research Article
Performance of Gel Treatments in Reservoirs with Multiscale Heterogeneity
Table 1
Input data of reservoir property and gel reaction.
| Parameters | |
| Reservoir | | Porosity, | 0.2 | Ratio of vertical-to-horizontal permeability, | 0.01 | Depth (ft) | 1,300 | Temperature (°F) | 103 | Pressure (psi) | 200 | Compressibility, (psi−1) | 0 | Initial saturation | | Water, | 0.3 | Oil, | 0.7 | Initial hydrogen ion concentration (meq/mL) | 160 | Kinetics of gelation | | X4 | 0.8 | X14 | 1.32 | X16 | 1 | days−1) | 15 | (°K−1) | −22,344 | SCR | 0.25 | Permeability reduction factor | | | 0.06 | | 0.099 | (m·wt.%1/3) | 4.9674 × 10−7 | (wt.%−1) | 80 | | | | 10 | (meq/m3) | 10,000 | | 0.169 | Viscosity | | (cp ppm−1) | 0.008 | (cp ppm−2) | 2.7 × 10−5 | Adsorption | | (vol. of water/ppm of chromium) | 1,157 | (vol. of water/ppm of chromium) | 100 |
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