Analysis of a Single-Well Chemical Tracer Test To Measure the Residual Oil Saturation to a Hydrocarbon Miscible Gas Flood at Prudhoe Bay

摘要

In 1990, a single-well chemical tracer (SWCT) test was performed in Prudhoe Bay to measure the effective waterflood and miscible gasflood residuals over a 12 ft reservoir interval. This is believed to be the first such use of this technology for a hydrocarbon mis- cible gas. This paper describes how the usual SWCT design was modified to accommmodate the miscible gas, the results of the SWCT, which indicate significantly higher residual oil saturation For miscible gasflood that expected from coreflood experiments, And the subsequent simulation of the test which has provided good Agreement with the observed results. The paper shows, with com- Positional simulation support, that the high apparent residual oil Saturation was a consequence of incomplete volumetric sweep by The miscible gas and draws on the experiences of this test to make Recommendations for the deign of future SWCT tests measuring Residuals to gasflooding.