RS - Lecture 4
RS - Lecture 4
RS - Lecture 4
Haval Hawez
Petroleum Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
Koya University
01.11.2018
Outline:
• Pseudo-capillary Pressure
• Pseudo-Relative Permeability
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End-point Scaling of RP
𝑆𝑤 −𝑆𝑤𝑐
𝑆 ∗𝑤 = (1)
1−𝑆𝑤𝑐 −𝑆𝑜𝑟
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End-point Scaling of RP
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End-point Scaling of RP
∗
𝑆𝑤 − 𝑆𝑤𝑐 𝑆𝑤 − 0.104
𝑆 𝑤 = =
1 − 𝑆𝑤𝑐 − 𝑆𝑜𝑟 1 − 0.104 − 0.43
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End-point Scaling of RP
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Pseudo-capillary Pressure
Pseudo-capillary Pressure
∆𝜌 𝐻
𝑃𝑐 = (2)
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Example 1:
For the following water saturation data and for a
reservoir having a water with density of 67 Ib/ft3 and an
oil density of 50 Ib/ft3. Calculate the associated capillary
pressure.
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Pseudo-capillary Pressure
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Pseudo-capillary Pressure
Example 2:
For reservoir including oil having a density of 50Ib/ft3
and gas density of 9 𝑙𝑏 𝑓𝑡 3 . Calculate the following
capillary pressure points in the below sketch. Swc = 20%
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Solution:
1. For the bottom layer, being all liquid (Oil & Water).
𝑃𝑐𝑔𝑜 = 0
∆𝜌 𝐻 50 − 9 10
𝑃𝑐𝑔𝑜 = = = 2.85 psi @ Sg = 0.4
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3. For the above layer, consisting of gas and water.
∆𝜌 𝐻 50 − 9 20
𝑃𝑐𝑔𝑜 = = = 5.70 psi @ Sg = 0.8
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Example 3:
Calculate the gas-oil capillary pressure as a function of
either gas or liquid saturation for a reservoir having the
following data:
• API=45.1◦ gas gravity=0.65 Bo=1.18 RVB/STB
• Bg=2.5 RVB/MCF
• Rs= 480 SCF/STB Swc=0.25
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
Example1: Calculate the oil-water relative permeability
for a stratified reservoir having the following data.
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
Solution: Reorder the layers for permeability
• No layer flooded:
Swc=0.2 Krw=0 Krow=0.85
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
• Layer 5 flooded
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
• Layer 5 & 3 flooded
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
• Layer 5,3 & 1 flooded
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
• Layer 5,3,1 & 4 flooded
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Pseudo-Relative Permeability
• All layers flooded
Krow = 0 @ Sw = 0.75
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