RT Journal Article ID 1723abea4664c330 A1 Gao, Hui A1 Wang, Chen A1 Hu, Lanxiao A1 Li, Huazhou Andy T1 ENHANCING CO2 FLOODING EFFICIENCY BY CHEMICAL FLOODING: A NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY JF Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal JO STRPM YR 2018 FD 2018-05-11 VO 9 IS 2 SP 145 OP 154 K1 residual oil distribution K1 NMR K1 CO2 flood K1 foamed gel K1 surfactant flood AB Due to large reservoir heterogeneity, there is still much residual oil remaining in the reservoir after miscible CO2 flooding. This research attempts to improve CO2 flooding performance using chemical-flooding methods, including foam-gel flood and surfactant flood. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique is used to determine how CO2 flooding and chemical flooding alter the oil-saturation distribution in core samples. Single-core flood experiment shows that the foamed gel alone does not increase recovery efficiency, but after the foamed-gel treatment, CO2 flooding can displace the residual oil distributed in T2 < 10 ms and T2 > 100 ms pores, enhancing the ultimate recovery by 15.99%. The foamed gel added in the CO2 flooding process can decrease the residual oil contained in the smaller pores, remarkably improving the recovery efficiency. Parallel-core experiments using a high-permeability core and a low-permeability core are conducted to examine the effect of macro-scale heterogeneity on the performance of combined CO2/surfactant flooding. As for the low-permeability core, surfactant flooding alone only slightly increases the recovery factor, while the follow-up CO2 flooding greatly increases the recovery factor by 28.24% and efficently displaces oil residing in T2 > 10 ms pores. The results of the NMR tests show that most of the residual oil is confined in the pore range of T2 < 100 ms. Due to reduction in oil–water interfacial tension after surfactant treatment, a higher recovery factor and a more uniform displacement front can be achieved in the subsequent CO2 flooding. In comparison, as for the higher-permeability core which does not go through surfactant flooding, the second CO2 flooding results in much less additional oil recovery. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/3d21681c18f5b5e7,2f0f88331906a613,1723abea4664c330.html