... the m&n parameters for electric log interpretation, the endpoint gas relative permeability and the relationship linking initial gas saturation, trapped gas saturation and endpoint water relative permeability in a couple of days. flow in porous media exponent nonuniform saturation profile...

... and permeability translate into heterogeneities in J . "Transition zones" focus on saturation and take emphasis away from relative permeability and fractional flow. Rocks with bimodal and trimodal pore systems (abundant in the Middle East) can have such low relative permeability to water at high water...

... Upstream Oil & Gas Fluid Dynamics flow in porous media pre-salt field composition co 2 low salinity water injection high co 2 relative permeability wettability alteration waterflooding Simulation higher co 2 Oil Recovery reservoir Introduction In 2006 a huge discovery was made off...

... permeability accurately. In this paper, a numerical method, which is based on the mimetic finite difference method (MFD) and digital rock analysis (DRA), is proposed for relative permeability upscaling. The validation of MFD is tested by two different cases with exact pressure solution. Then, the relative...

... permeability relative permeability rock type bulk modulus flow in porous media reservoir simulator Wang Batzle relative permeability curve upscaled relative permeability curve simulator simulator-driven method p-impedance Introduction Petro-elastic models using empirical relations have been...

... in porous media is typically based on a continuum scale description which imbues relative permeabilities as key system parameters to be estimated and linked to fluid saturations. Estimates of relative permeabilities are then employed to support better the quantification of productivity, injectivity...

... Abstract Relative permeability is an essential parameter for reservoir description, engineering, and management. Relative permeabilities are typically obtained in the laboratory through evaluation of the dynamic behavior in cores using fluids that are assumed to be representative of those...

... the experiments. Through this history matching, the inputs for surfactant adsorption and diffusion, capillary pressure and relative permeability were calibrated. The simulation model was then used to investigate the effects of various parameters including the volume of the surrounding water body...

... Abstract To ensure the physics of multiphase flow in porous media is rightly modelled, the balance between capillary, viscous, and gravity forces need to be understood. Capillary pressure (Pc) and relative permeability (kr) are critical parameters representing capillary and viscous forces...

... Abstract In this paper, a robust and pragmatic technique has been proposed to determine the three-phase relative permeability of cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) processes by comprehensively incorporating dynamic wormhole growth and foamy oil flow with an improved iterative ensemble...

... distribution namely structure, free water level, saturation height function, porosity, and formation volume factor. In addition, four dynamic uncertainty parameters were incorporated for reserves estimation specifically Sorw, Kv/Kh, relative permeability, and subdense layer communication. A cumulative...

... Abstract In this paper, a modified ensemble randomized maximum likelihood (EnRML) algorithm has been developed to estimate three-phase relative permeabilities with consideration of hysteresis effect by reproducing the actualproduction data. Ensemble-based history matching uses an ensemble...

... Abstract Gas-water relative permeability curve is critical in reservoir simulation and development for tight reservoirs. It is generally obtained from unsteady-state flow experiment under lab condition (i.e., room temperature and normal pressure). The measured results often significantly differ...

... saturation Field Development Plan flow in porous media water-oil capillary pressure relative permeability capillary pressure curve capillary pressure reservoir simulation negative capillary pressure capillary pressure hysteresis rock type carbonate reservoir hysteresis sector model...

... Abstract It is common practice in modeling of naturally fractured reservoirs, NFRs, to neglect capillary pressure, Pc, and utilize straight line, zero to one, relative permeability, Kr, curves for the fracture network. More often than not, however, reservoir stresses and partial mineralization...

... in the simulation study. Several modifications were required during the history matching, such as adjusting the vertical fracture permeability, the relative permeability, the aquifer properties, setting fault transmissibility, and the matrix and fracture compressibilities. The results of the History matching...

... Abstract A three-dimensional, three-phase, parallel compositional simulator has been developed to handle large computational efforts involving carbon dioxide (CO2) water-alternating-gas (WAG) injection. Algorithms have been developed to calculate three-phase relative permeability and capillary...

.... This paper aims at presenting the workflow for developing the water-oil relative permeability hysteresis for a mixed wet super-giant carbonate reservoir which optimize the 3D simulation run time. To develop the appropriate bounding and scanning curves, three models were tested including Corey model...

... that wettability alteration has negligible effect on water relative permeability. The negligible change in the water relative permeability is also consistent with the double electric layer expansion whereas the immobile water film thickness increases and hence the relative permeability remains constant. This paper...

... corefloods from a fractional flow perspective. Second, we use a streamline-based simulator to investigate in detail the possible relative permeability sets capable of history matching Smart-Water recoveries and pressures. As a result a new set of relative permeability was generated, and tested through a 3-D...