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Numerical Simulation of a Two-Phase Flow with Low Permeability and a Start-Up Pressure Gradient

Xuanyu Dong1,*, Jingyao Yang2

1 School of Geosciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, China
2 Gas Production Plant 5, Changqing Oilfield Company of PetroChina, Xi’an, 710000, China

* Corresponding Author: Xuanyu Dong. Email: email

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Meshless, Mesh-Based and Mesh-Reduction Methods Based Analysis of Fluid Flow in Porous Media)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2023, 19(1), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.021345

Abstract

A new numerical model for low-permeability reservoirs is developed. The model incorporates the nonlinear characteristics of oil-water two-phase flows while taking into account the initiation pressure gradient. Related numerical solutions are obtained using a finite difference method. The correctness of the method is demonstrated using a two-dimensional inhomogeneous low permeability example. Then, the differences in the cumulative oil and water production are investigated for different starting water saturations. It is shown that when the initial water saturation grows, the water content of the block continues to rise and the cumulative oil production gradually decreases.

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Dong, X., Yang, J. (2023). Numerical Simulation of a Two-Phase Flow with Low Permeability and a Start-Up Pressure Gradient. FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 19(1), 175–185.



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