WETTABILITY AND ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY OF TIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS

非常规资源，如重油、沥青和致密储层的常规油（致密油）正在成为加拿大原油的主要来源。因此，申请人的研究计划围绕这些资源的最佳开发而发展。这一建议解决了研究致密油驱替和生产机理的需要。提出利用多物理场软件和储层岩石基础实验建立基本孔隙介质模型，研究致密油储层界面和驱替现象。该模型将描述岩心分析特性，如孔隙度、渗透率、电阻率、毛管压力和吸附和/或冷凝介质中的相对渗透率。并对致密介质中的渗吸过程进行了研究。

Unconventional resources such as heavy oil, bitumen and conventional oil from tight reservoirs (tight oil) are becoming the primary source of crude oil for Canadians. As such the applicant's research plan evolves around the optimum exploitation of these resources. This proposal addresses the need to study mechanisms of displacement and production of tight oil. It is proposed to construct fundamental porous media models using multi-physics software and fundamental experiments with reservoir rock to study interfacial and displacement phenomena in tight oil reservoirs. The model will describe core analysis properties such as porosity, permeability, resistivity, capillary pressure, and relative permeability in media with adsorption and/or condensation. Also the process of imbibition in tight media will be investigated.