A reservoir drying method for enhancing recovery of tight gas
ZHANG Liehui,XIONG Yu,ZHAO Yulong,TANG Hongming,GUO Jingjing,JIA Chunsheng,LEI Qiang,WANG Binghe
Table 2 Drying effects of residual water on gas permeability
Model with residual
water
Pore structure Improved gas permeability/%
Average pore
radius/μm
Average throat
radius/μm
Pore/throat ratio Average coordination number
Dry core 17.975 3 9.485 9 1.894 9 3.287 5
Branched residual water 22.047 6 12.464 2 1.768 9 2.491 7 5.24
Isolated residual water 22.155 6 12.502 1 1.772 2 2.459 1 4.70
Residual water film 17.868 0 9.346 8 1.911 7 3.298 4 97.87