The oil−water relative permeability is an important parameter to characterize the seepage law of fluid in extra-lowpermeability reservoirs, and it is of vital significance for the prediction and evaluation of the production. The pore throat size of extra-low-permeability reservoirs is relatively small, and the threshold pressure gradient and capillary pressure cannot be negligible. In this study, the oil−water relative permeability experiments with three different displacement pressures were carried out on the same core from the extra-low-permeability reservoir of Chang 4+5 formation in Ordos basin by the unsteady experimental method. The results show that the relative permeability of oil increases, while the relative permeability of water remains unchanged considering the capillary pressure and oil threshold pressure gradient compared with the JBN method. As the displacement pressure enlarges, the relative permeability of oil and water both increases; the residual oil saturation decreases, therefore the range of the two-phase flow zone is improved. Moreover, the isotonic point of water−oil relative permeability curves moves to the upper right region, and the reference permeability improves as well with the increasing pressure.
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