Foam generation in flow across a sharp permeability transition: Effect of velocity and fractional flow

• Main Authors: Shah, S., As Syukri, H., Wolf, K.-H., Pilus, R.M., Rossen, W.R.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: Society of Petroleum Engineers 2019
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086057022&doi=10.2118%2f195517-ms&partnerID=40&md5=dee29f598e82d82d59df6266e4834b5e; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30221/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Foam reduces gas mobility and can help improve sweep efficiency in an enhanced oil recovery process. For the latter, long-distance foam propagation is crucial. In porous media, strong foam generation requires that local pressure gradient exceeds a critical value (�Pmin). Normally, this only happen...