Abstract
Liquid condensation near the wellbore region may cause cessation of gas production in gas-condensate reservoirs when pressure drops lower than its dew point. It is believed that gas deliverability can be enhanced by altering the wettability of reservoirs to gas-wetting. In order to investigate the influence of wettability alteration on the displacement efficiency of gas-condensate, contact angle measurement and gas flood tests were conducted. Results show that core wettability can be altered from liquid-wetting to intermediate gas-wetting or preferential gas-wetting by the fluorosurfactants FG24 and FG90. The contact angles of brine and decane indicated that core wettability can be altered from liquid-wetting to preferential gas-wetting by FG24 at a concentration of 0.3%, and by FG90 at 0.5%. Surface free energy before and after core treatment was measured by Owen's two-liquid method, the results showing that core surface free energy sharply decreased from 70 to about 3 mN/m after FG24 treatment. Oil displacement efficiency, relative permeability, and gas flow in gas–oil systems can be effectively improved by FG24 treatment due to alteration of wettability, results showing that these can be enhanced by 57.21, 47.41, and >100% at a temperature of 120°C. Additionally, FG24 is thermally stable and appears to alter wettability permanently.
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