Formation Damage and Filter Cake Buildup in Laboratory Core Tests: Modeling and Model-Assisted Analysis
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Formation Evaluation
- Vol. 11 (01) , 26-30
- https://doi.org/10.2118/25215-pa
Abstract
Summary: A mathematical model for the analysis of formation damage in laboratory core tests is presented. The model considers filter cake buildup on sand face, invasion of external particles, release of formation fines, migration and retention of external particles and formation fines, interphase transfer of particles, and alteration of porosity and permeability. The effects of wettabilities of fine particles and pore surfaces, relative permeabilities and capillary pressure on formation damage in two-phase flow conditions are also included. Simulation results from the model are in good agreement with experimental results from core tests. This model can be used for the analysis of formation damage due to particulate processes in laboratory core tests.Keywords
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