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EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY
E O R / I O R
JANUARY 1998
One goal of this work was to apply fractional-flow methods and a coreflood-derived
fw curve to scale up laboratory coreflood
results. A time/distance diagram for an SAG
process was generated from the fractionalflow curve. Mobility is high at the initial conditions behind the shock front. At the shock
front, mobility is low, with spreading waves of
gently increasing mobility behind it. A foam
of very low mobility exists in a thin, moving
front composing the shock. Within this zone,
foam forms, strengthens, exceeds critical Pc,
and weakens. Fractional-flow theory states
that all the points between initial conditions
and the shock on the fractional-flow curve,
including the strong foam near fw=0.02, lie
inside the the shock. This extremely strong
foam within the narrow shock front improves
the mobility ratio of the displacement with no
adverse effect on injectivity.
CONCLUSIONS
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