Experimental Study of Microscopic Displacement Efficiency of Polymer Microspheres Using Low-Field NMR

Abstract

For reservoirs in high water cut exploitation period, profile control and water plugging is one of the important ways to improve oil recovery. Cores with different permeability were flooded to analyze the displacement results and displacement mechanisms for different grain size of polymer microspheres. Fluid distribution in cores was measured by NMR spectroscopy after water flooding, polymer microspheres flooding, and subsequent water flooding. The range of pore sizes from which oil was swept out was also calculated. The results showed that microspheres can effectively sweep remaining oil in different pore size of the cores. The suitability of different grain size of polymer microspheres with cores is different, microspheres with micron size are suitable for high-permeability cores, and microspheres with nanometer size are suitable for low-permeability cores.

Keywords:

• Core diameter
• NMR
• percolation flow mechanism
• polymer microspheres
• profile control and flooding

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