Deformation characteristics of micro-interface of water flooding in different wettability reservoirs

SHI Bowen;TANG Hongli;CAO Xiutai;ZHONG Huiying

Petroleum Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2) : 219-231.

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Petroleum Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2) : 219-231.

Deformation characteristics of micro-interface of water flooding in different wettability reservoirs

  • SHI Bowen,TANG Hongli,CAO Xiutai,ZHONG Huiying
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In order to investigate the deformation characteristic and transport behavior of oil-water micro-interface and its evolution law under different wettability conditions in water flooding,a Hele-Shaw cylindrical model has been constructed based on the N-S equation.Phase field method has been employed to track the topological deformation characteristics of oil-water micro-interface in water flooding.The effect of wettability,oil-water viscosity ratio,and capillary number on the deformation characteristic and evolution process of oil-water micro-interfaces has been studied.The simulation results show that the dynamic evolution process of oil-water micro-interfaces observed from the model surface in water flooding can be divided into four stag-es,including breakthrough,fracture,three-phase contact line intersection,and micro-interface merging.The breakthrough and fracture phenomenon of oil-water micro-interfaces can be observed repeatedly in the displacement process,and is not affected by wettability and rock particle distribution.Three-phase contact line intersection and micro-interface merging phenomenon have the similar deformation characteristics and evolution law in the vertical profile of the model,which are mainly influenced by wet-tability and rock particle distribution.Three-phase contact line intersection phenomenon occurs more frequently under water-wet condition,while the micro-interface merging phenomenon occurs more frequently under oil-wet condition.The change amplitude of displacement front decreases and then increases in water flooding as wettability changes from strong water-wet to strong oil-wet,which exhibits the piston-like displacement under weak water-wet condition.The simulation results show that the highest oil displacement efficiency is observed under weak water-wet condition,while the lowest oil displacement efficiency(61.06%)is observed under strong oil-wet condition.Moreover,as the oil-water viscosity ratio increases from 20 to 100,the occurrence rate of three-phase contact line intersection phenomenon decreases,the micro oil displacement efficiency decreases by 8.56%,and the initial displacement pressure also increases under weak water-wet and the same injected pore volume multiple condition.As the capillary number increases from 0.66×10-3 to 2.0×10-3,the occurrence rate of three-phase contact line intersection phenomenon increases,the volumes of residual oil decreases,the micro oil displacement efficiency increases by 9.36%,and the displacement pressure also decreases under weak water-wet and the same injected pore volume multiple condition.This reveals that the micro oil displacement efficiency can be significantly improved by increasing the occurrence rate of three-phase contact line intersection phenomenon under water-wet condition.The research results can enrich the micro flow mechanism in water flooding,and provide a theoretical basis for further explore and utilize the residual oil.

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water flooding / micro-interface deformation characteristics / wettability / oil-water viscosity ratio / capillary number

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SHI Bowen;TANG Hongli;CAO Xiutai;ZHONG Huiying. Deformation characteristics of micro-interface of water flooding in different wettability reservoirs[J]. Petroleum Science Bulletin. 2025, 10(2): 219-231
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