A new phenomenon of slow fines migration in oil and gas fields (laboratory and mathematical modelling)
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control
Publisher
Society of Petroleum Engineers
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
36511
Funders
China Scholarship Council
Abstract
Fines migration causes significant permeability damage, due to mobilisation of particles at increased velocities, their migration in pores followed by straining at pore throats and attachment to pore walls. Numerous coreflooding tests with piecewise increasing rates are conducted. There are two main features of these tests: the first is long-term injection, which allows calculating permeability stabilisation time; the second is pressure measurement at intermediate points, allowing for evaluating the permeability profile along the core. The impedance data obtained from experiments are matched with the results from analytical model. It shows that the mobilised particles move with velocity much smaller than the carrier fluid, yielding long time for permeability stabilisation. It contradicts the classical filtration theory, which indicates the fines are transported with the carrier fluid velocity.
DOI
10.2118/179027-ms
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Yang, Y., You, Z., Siqueira, F. D., Vaz, A., & Bedrikovetsky, P. (2016, February). A new phenomenon of slow fines migration in oil and gas fields (laboratory and mathematical modelling) [Paper presentation]. SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. https://doi.org/10.2118/179027-ms