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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Peter William Bryant, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
William Fernando Lopez Candela, Niteroi, BR;
Alexandre Ashade Lassance Cunha, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Mathias B Steiner, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided including receiving data corresponding to a three-dimensional physical representation of a porous rock sample; calculating a low-dimensional representation of a pore network in the porous rock sample based on the three-dimensional physical representation; extracting one or more geometrical parameter from the low-dimension representation; generating a capillary network model of the porous rock sample based at least on the at least one geometrical parameter for simulating fluid flow inside the porous rock sample; and performing at least one simulation of a flow of the fluid through the capillary network model of the porous rock sample with a fluid additive to provide a predicted enhanced fluid recovery efficiency.