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Effect of residual oil saturation on the flow through a porous medium in the neighborhood of an injection well

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Models of the residual oil saturation and models of its effect on the flow in injection wells are proposed. The threshold nature of the dependence of the residual oil saturation on the capillary number determines a change in the flow regimes in the neighborhood of the injection well. The cases of pure, contaminated, and compressible reservoirs are considered. The dependences of the basic problem parameters on the displacement conditions and the state of the reservoir are obtained, together with formulas for the pressure distribution and well injectivity. The topicality of such a simulation for field calculations is demonstrated.

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Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, 2006, pp. 93–99.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2006 by Zaitsev and Mikhailov.

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Zaitsev, M.V., Mikhailov, N.N. Effect of residual oil saturation on the flow through a porous medium in the neighborhood of an injection well. Fluid Dyn 41, 568–573 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10697-006-0074-3

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