ABSTRACT Acidization is a highly effective technique for increasing oil well productivity. Therefore, it is critical to study effective stimulation of low-permeability granite reservoirs using acidification. Using the granite reservoir of Baobab oilfield in Chad as the research object, the properties of reservoir rocks were tested using XRD and rock thin section analysis. Dissolution experiments, core flooding experiments, and CT scanning were used to investigate the increased permeability and changes in the pore structure of the cores during acidification. The minerals in the rocks are primarily plagioclase, kalifeldspar, and quartz, with trace amounts of calcite, chlorite, magnetite, illite, biotite, hornblende, sphene, and sericite. At 80°C and 10 mL of main acid injection, polyhydrogen chelating acid (6% HCl + 5% SA601 + 7% SA701) improved granite permeability more than mud acid (8% HCl + 2% HF) and fluoroboric acid (8% HCl + 8% HBF4), with permeability increase of 3.68. The CT three-dimensional images of the rocks show that both the cores acidified with polyhydrogen chelating acid and mud acid formed continuous acid-etched wormholes, while the cores acidified with fluoroboric acid did not. Compared to the mud acid, the core acidified by the polyhydrogen chelating acid produced more visible acid-etched wormholes. Meanwhile, the polyhydrogen chelating acid was more effective at improving the pore throats and expanding the flow channels in the core. This study serves as a reference for the application of acidification and increasing production in low-permeability granite reservoirs.
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