Drainage performance and capillary-pressure curves with a new centrifuge

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Pet. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/15060-PA· OSTI ID:7121466

Firoozabadi, A; Soroosh, H; Hasanpour, G

A new centrifuge has been used to measure the drainage performance and the drainage capillary-pressure function, P/sub c/, of various rock samples. The permeabilities of the rocks used for this study range from 0.1 to 700 md. A unique feature of the apparatus is that the rock sample is always in contact with the wetting phase at the outlet face so that the saturation boundary condition is known at this end. The drainage performance and P/sub c/ data for a variety of reservoir rock samples reported in this paper are expected to provide the basis for added insight into the drainage of oil from porous media.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ. (US)
• OSTI ID: 7121466
• Journal Information: J. Pet. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Pet. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 40:7; ISSN JPTJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CENTRIFUGES
CONCENTRATORS
DRAINAGE
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
MATERIALS
MEASURING METHODS
PERMEABILITY
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POROUS MATERIALS
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
RESERVOIR ROCK
SAMPLING
SATURATION
SURVEYS