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

石油储层岩心材料润湿性的孔隙尺度表征：实现碳氢化合物储量的优化采收

• 批准号: DP0881548
• 负责人: Prof Mark Knackstedt
• 金额: $ 18.37万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0881548
• 关键词: Pore; scale; characterisation; wettability; petroleum

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.

在大多数油藏中，超过50%的原始油仍未开采。导致采收率不理想的一个主要因素是对岩石润湿性认识不足。即使是回收率的微小提高也会带来可观的经济效益。该项目旨在利用先进的3D成像硬件表征含烃岩石的润湿性，并通过最先进的计算工具了解其对驱油和采收率的影响。从科学上讲，这将是一项前沿研究成果，增强澳大利亚在石油工程研究方面的竞争力，并将帮助澳大利亚成为出口导向型石油研究服务行业的世界领导者。