TY  - JOUR
N2  - In this paper, simulation study was conducted to investigate the effect of spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields on oil recovery, residual oil and microemulsion saturation. The generated porosity fields were fed into UTCHEM for simulating surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layered porous media. From the analysis, surfactant flooding was more sensitive than water flooding to the spatial distribution of multiple porosity fields. Residual oil saturation in upper and lower layers after water flooding was about the same with the reservoir heterogeneity. On the other hand, both residual oil and microemulsion saturation in the two layers after surfactant flooding became more equal as porosity distribution standard increased. Spatial heterogeneity of multiple porosity fields had only a small effect on residual oil saturation and recovery factor. The variation of recovery factor due to the reservoir heterogeneity was under 4.2. © (2010) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
N1  - cited By 1
SP  - 11
TI  - Performance of surfactant flooding in heterogeneous two-layered porous media
ID  - scholars832
KW  - Heterogeneity; Oil recoveries; Porosity distributions; Porosity fields; Recovery factors; Reservoir heterogeneity; Residual oil; Residual oil saturation; Simulation studies; Spatial heterogeneity; Surfactant flooding
KW  -  Microemulsions; Petroleum reservoirs; Porosity; Porous materials; Recovery; Surface active agents
KW  -  Floods
AV  - none
A1  - Fathaddin, M.T.
A1  - Buang, P.N.
A1  - Elraies, K.A.
JF  - International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84870023590&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fJERA.1.11&partnerID=40&md5=c8c0aec5c2b8b029d0fd9429cb5e8ae0
EP  - 16
VL  - 1
Y1  - 2010///
SN  - 16633571
ER  -