Research Article

Pore-Scale Investigation on the Plugging Behavior of Submicron-Sized Microspheres for Heterogeneous Porous Media with Higher Permeability

Table 3

Oil recovery rate by waterflooding and microsphere solution.

Core no.Microsphere conc. (%)Oil recovery by waterflooding (%)Oil recovery by microsphere (%)Incremental oil recovery rate (%)

10.1544.1555.7011.55
20.0532.4141.008.59
100.1553.2464.3012.06
140.0548.3353.505.17