Use of capillary tube networks in reservoir performance studies. Part 1. Equal viscosity miscible displacements

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1970 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5001024

Simon, R; Kelsey, F J

Network principles are used to study displacement phenomena in porous media. The information presented is for equal viscosity, equal density miscible displacements. The reasons for using an interconnected network of capillary tubes to model the interconnected network of pores in a reservoir rock are explained. A method is presented for defining the heterogeneity of a network of tubes based on tube size and tube-location distribution functions. A technique is described for constructing a network whose heterogeneity models the heterogeneity of pores in a reservoir rock. The use of newtorks to provide information that can be used in the solution of reservoir engineering problems is illustrated with example calculations of the effect of heterogeneity on fingering, breakthrough, and selective plugging in linear systems, and the effect of heterogeneity on areal sweep efficiency in a 5-spot pattern. (10 refs.)

• Research Organization: Chevron Research Co.
• OSTI ID: 5001024
• Report Number(s): CONF-701012-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE-3068
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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CAPILLARY FLOW
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ENGINEERING
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLOW MODELS
FLUID FLOW
FLUID INJECTION
HETEROGENEOUS EFFECTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MICROSTRUCTURE
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
OIL WELLS
PLUGGING
POROSITY
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
RESERVOIR ROCK
VISCOSITY
WELLS