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- Patent Title: Computationally-efficient modeling of viscous fingering effect for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agent injected at multiple injection concentrations
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Application No.: US15295408Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US10460051B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Marat Shaykhattarov , Marie Ann Giddins , Matthew Szyndel
- Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Jaime A. Castano
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06F17/13 ; E21B43/16

Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and program product model an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process in a subsurface volume by computer modeling a variable-concentration injection of an EOR agent in multiple grid blocks of a reservoir grid, where the variable-concentration injection includes an injection of the EOR agent at multiple injection concentrations. For a first grid block among the multiple grid blocks within which EOR agent is present, a viscous fingering effect is modeled by modifying a fluid mobility in the first grid block based at least in part upon the injection concentration of the EOR agent present in the first grid block.
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