Pressure transient method for front tracking

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5566672

Benson, S M; Bodvarsson, G S

A pressure transient technique for tracking the advance of cold water fronts during water flooding and goethermal injection operations has been developed. The technique is based on the concept that the steady state pressure buildup in the reservoir region inside the front can be calculated by a fluid skin factor. By analyzing successive pressure falloff tests, the advance of the front in the reservoir can be monitored. The validity of the methods is demonstrated by application to three numerically simulated data sets, a nonisothermal step-rate injection test, a series of pressure falloffs in a multilayered reservoir, and a series of pressure falloff tests in a water flooded oil reservoir.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5566672
• Report Number(s): LBL-16574; CONF-8310121-6; ON: DE84002913
• Resource Relation: Conference: SPE annual technical conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5 Oct 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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