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    Relative permeability describes the effective permeability of a fluid phase in a porous medium containing more than one fluid phase. It is calculated as the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the absolute permeability of the rock. Typical relative permeability curves show the oil and water relative permeability relationships at different saturations. Hysteresis occurs between imbibition and drainage curves. Critical gas and residual fluid saturations are important parameters that influence three-phase relative permeability curves and correlations. Laboratory measurements and correlations are used to model relative permeability in reservoir simulations and analysis.

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    Relative permeability describes the effective permeability of a fluid phase in a porous medium containing more than one fluid phase. It is calculated as the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the absolute permeability of the rock. Typical relative permeability curves show the oil and water relative permeability relationships at different saturations. Hysteresis occurs between imbibition and drainage curves. Critical gas and residual fluid saturations are important parameters that influence three-phase relative permeability curves and correlations. Laboratory measurements and correlations are used to model relative permeability in reservoir simulations and analysis.

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    Relative permeability describes the effective permeability of a fluid phase in a porous medium containing more than one fluid phase. It is calculated as the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the absolute permeability of the rock. Typical relative permeability curves show the oil and water relative permeability relationships at different saturations. Hysteresis occurs between imbibition and drainage curves. Critical gas and residual fluid saturations are important parameters that influence three-phase relative permeability curves and correlations. Laboratory measurements and correlations are used to model relative permeability in reservoir simulations and analysis.

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    Relative permeability describes the effective permeability of a fluid phase in a porous medium containing more than one fluid phase. It is calculated as the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the absolute permeability of the rock. Typical relative permeability curves show the oil and water relative permeability relationships at different saturations. Hysteresis occurs between imbibition and drainage curves. Critical gas and residual fluid saturations are important parameters that influence three-phase relative permeability curves and correlations. Laboratory measurements and correlations are used to model relative permeability in reservoir simulations and analysis.

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    The key takeaways are definitions of absolute permeability, effective permeability and relative permeability. Relative permeability is the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the reference permeability of the rock.

    Absolute permeability is the ability of porous media to transmit fluids. Effective permeability is the permeability of a given phase when more than one phase is present. Relative permeability is the ratio of effective permeability of a phase to the reference permeability.

    Typical water-wet, oil-water relative permeability curves show the oil relative permeability decreasing and water relative permeability increasing as the water saturation increases. Oil-wet curves are different. Hysteresis between imbibition and drainage curves also exists.

    Relative Permeability

    Applications of relative permeability data:


    to model a particular process, for example, fractional flow, fluid distributions, recovery and predictions
    Determination of the free water surface; i.e., the level of zero capillary pressure or the level below which fluid production is 100% water. Determination of residual fluid saturations

    Relative Permeability

    Definitions Absolute permeability ability of the porous media to transmit fluids Effective permeability permeability of a given phase when more than one phase is present Relative permeability is the ratio of the effective permeability for a particular fluid to a reference or base permeability of the rock.
    k r k k eff

    ref

    Relative Permeability

    Typical water-wet, oil-water relative permeability curves

    Typical oil-wet relative permeability curves

    Relative Permeability

    Relative permeability hysteresis, imbibition vs. drainage

    Relative Permeability

    Sgc - critical gas saturation, when gas first becomes mobile, generally at Sg = 2 to 5%, always between 0 and 10% this would be measured during a drainage process Sgr = Sgt -residual or trapped gas saturation, when gas can no longer flow because its saturation is being reduced during an imbibition process, generally at values between 15 and 40%.

    Typical Gas and Oil Relative-Permeability Curves

    Relative Permeability

    Example

    Relative Permeability
    Correlations Lab measurements

    Two phase system

    Three phase system

    Coreys model

    Stone I and II models


    Stone I Scaling technique Input two sets of relative perm data Krow, krw = f(Sw) Krog, krg = f(Sg) And Sor for three-phase system Find kro = f(Sw,Sg) Stone II Probabilistic model Does not require Sor Find kro = f(Sw, Sg)

    Relative Permeability
    Correlations
    Select the: wettability and system type for the model endpoint saturations exponents to define the shape of the kr curves endpoint relative permeabilities

    Relative Permeability
    Corey Correlation (Oil-water)
    Swmin Swcr Swi Sorw K rw (Sorw) K rw (Swmax) K ro(Swmin) Co Cw minimum water saturation critical water saturation initial water saturation residual oil saturation to water water relative perm at residual oil water relative perm at maximum water saturation oil relative perm at minimum water saturation Corey oil exponent Corey water exponent

    KroSwmin Swi

    KrwSwmax

    cw co

    KrwSorw

    Sorw

    0
    S S w S orw w max k ro k ro (S w min ) S w max S wi S orw C o

    Swmin

    Swcr

    Swmax

    S w S wcr k rw k rw (S orw ) S w max S wcr S orw

    C w

    Relative Permeability
    1

    Relationship between capillary pressure and relative permeability

    Relative permeability

    kro krw

    CLEAN OIL
    0 45%

    OIL & WATER

    WTR
    90% 100%

    Sw

    IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION

    CRITICAL WATER SAT

    Capillary pressure Or height

    REGION OF IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION TRANSITION ZONE

    WATER FREE OIL

    WATER FREE OIL

    OIL & WATER WATER

    30%

    Sw

    100%

    Relative Permeability

    Relationship between capillary pressure and relative permeability

    Relative Permeability

    Relationship between capillary pressure and relative permeability

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