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Reservoir Wettability Evaluation Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology

  • SUN Junchang;YANG Zhengming;LIU Xuewei;XIONG Shengchun
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  • 1. Institute of Porous Flow and Fluid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Langfang 065007, Hebei Province, China;2. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Langfang, Langfang 065007, Hebei Province, China

Received date: 2012-06-27

  Revised date: 2012-07-30

  Online published: 2012-09-28

Abstract

Wettability is one of the most important factors affecting micro-distribution of water and oil in rock pore space, capillary pressure, relative permeability, and irreducible water saturation. Wettability measurement is one of key research branches in special core analysis. It is very useful to develop the best development strategy and select an optimal EOR method on the basis of accurate known wettability of target petroleum reservoir. The three classical wettability evaluation methods and their disadvantages are briefly introduced. The development history, research results, and applications are reviewed through the investigation into a large number of professional literatures. Meanwhile, the basic mechanism, accuracy, and advantages are also analyzed with the multiphase fluid flow theory in wettability evaluation using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

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SUN Junchang;YANG Zhengming;LIU Xuewei;XIONG Shengchun . Reservoir Wettability Evaluation Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2012 , 30(27) : 65 -71 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2012.27.011

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