Mixing of injected, connate and aquifer brines in waterflooding and its relevance to oilfield scaling

K. S. Sorbie; E. J. Mackay

doi:10.1016/S0920-4105(00)00050-4

Mixing of injected, connate and aquifer brines in waterflooding and its relevance to oilfield scaling

K. S. Sorbie, E. J. Mackay

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Abstract

All of the principal mechanisms of brine mixing in waterflood displacements are considered and modelled. Mixing between the injection water (IW), the oil leg connate water (CW) and the aquifer water (AQW) is analyzed starting from a one-dimensional frontal displacement, extended Buckley-Leverett (BL) analysis. This particular mechanism occurs in all other types of displacement and reservoir mixing process including those in both heterogeneous layered systems and in areal flooding situations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-106
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Volume	27
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-4105(00)00050-4
Publication status	Published - Jul 2000

Keywords

Barite scale
Barium sulphate
Brine mixing
Dispersive mixing
Reservoir dispersivity
Reservoir mixing

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