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    Fundamentals of Wettability, Negative Capillary Pressure and Its

    Setup/Visualization in Petrel 2015

    Background
    Rock wettability determines saturation function shape. It is worth noting that the oil-water contact (OWC)
    is not always equal to the free water level. Free water level is the depth at which water-oil capillary
    pressure is zero. It is possible to have negative values for capillary pressure (Pc) below OWC for mixed-wet
    and oil-wet rocks. Figure 1a illustrates wettability in relation to contact angle. The shape of oil-water
    relative permeability can help to determine if the rock surface is mixed-wet or water wet as indicated in
    figure 1b below. This content explains the reason as to why the water saturation not being 100% below the
    OWC in some cases.

    Figure 1a (source: oilfield review summer 2007, page 44-61.)

    Figure 1b (source: oilfield review summer 2007, page 44-61.)


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    Setup and Use of Negative Capillary Pressure in Petrel
    An example of table having negative capillary pressure is shown in the figure below, which is included the petrel
    project attached. The petrel project is set up to initialization stage to illustrate initial water saturation distribution.

    1. From the Rock physics group on the Reservoir Engineering domain tab, open Make rock physics functions. On
    saturation tab, two saturation functions have been set up to demonstrate the scenarios. ‘Saturation function 1’
    has water-oil negative capillary pressure. ‘Saturation function 2’ is modified ‘Saturation function 1’ without the
    water-oil negative capillary pressure.
    To open the spreadsheet, Go to Input Pane->right click on saturation function under Rock Physics function folder
    -> choose spreadsheet

    2. All other necessary inputs needed for simulation case initialization such as rock compaction function, fluid
    model/initial conditions have already been set up.
    3. ‘Initialization’ case in the cases pane which contains ‘Saturation function 1’ (with negative water-oil capillary
    pressure) has been created.

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    4. The Initialization case is modified to create ‘Initialization_1’ by using ‘Saturation function 2’ (without negative
    water-oil capillary pressure) in Functions tab in the Define simulation case process.

    Results Visualization in 3D Window


    To display the results for the two cases with and without negative capillary pressure, following a successful
    initialization;

    1. Open 3D window
    2. In the Cases pane, choose the case of interest accordingly
    3. In the Results pane, select water saturation (SWAT) under Dynamic simulation grid results. The figure below
    shows the 3D visualizations for the two simulation cases

     Simulation Case: ‘Initialization’  Simulation Case: ‘Initialization_1’


     With negative Pc  No negative Pc

    Some cells with their cell centres below


    OWC having less than 100% water Cells with their cell centres below OWC
    saturation below OWC now having 100% water saturation belowPage 3 of 3
    OWC
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