Pore scale characterisation of the wettability of petroleum reservoir core material: Towards optimised recovery of hydrocarbon reserves

在大多数油藏中，50%以上的原始石油仍未被开采。造成采收率不佳的一个主要因素是对岩石润湿性的了解不足。即使是复苏的一小部分改善，也会带来可观的经济效益。拟议的项目旨在使用先进的3D成像硬件来表征含油气岩石的润湿性，并通过最先进的计算工具了解对石油驱替和回收的影响。从科学上讲，这将是提高澳大利亚石油工程研究竞争力的前沿研究成果，并将帮助澳大利亚成为以出口为导向的石油研究服务行业的世界领先者。

In most oil reservoirs more than 50% of original oil in place remains unrecovered. A major factor contributing to suboptimal recovery is insufficient knowledge of the rock wettability. Even a small improvement in recovery will have substantial economic benefit. The proposed project aims to characterise wettability in hydrocarbon bearing rocks using advanced 3D imaging hardware and understand implications to oil displacement and recovery via state-of-the-art computational tools. Scientifically, this will be a leading edge research achievement enhancing Australian competitiveness in petroleum engineering research and will help Australia become a world leader in the export-oriented petroleum research services industry.