Multiscale modeling workflow of advanced waterflooding
US11604910B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/10
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including performing, using a nanoscale model, a simulation of fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions in the subterranean formation. The operations also include upscaling first results of the simulation of fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions to a microscale level. The operations further include performing, using a microscale model and the upscaled first results, a simulation of fluid flow inside rocks of the subterranean formation. Additionally, the operations include upscaling second results of the simulation of fluid flow inside rocks to a macroscale level. Further, the operations include performing, using a core-scale model and the upscaled second results, a simulation of fluid flow across the subterranean formation.
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