Extending Predictive Capabilities to Network Models

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 324-335

  Oren P E ^a   Bakke, Stig ^a   Arntzen, O J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TWO-PHASE NETWORK MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 0032308617     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/52052-pa     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Fatt, I.: "The Network Model of Porous Media. I. Capillary Pressure Characteristics," Trans., AIME (1956) 207, 144.
2. Fatt, I.: "The Network Model of Porous Media. II. Dynamic Properties of a Single Size Tube Network," Trans., AIME (1956) 207, 160.
3. Fatt, I.: "The Network Model of Porous Media. III. Dynamic Properties of Networks With Tube Radius Distribution," Trans., AIME (1956) 207, 164.
4. Larson, R.G., Scriven, L.E., and Davis, H.T.: "Percolation Theory of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media," Chemical Engineering Science (1981) 36, 57.
5. Koplik, J.: "Creeping Flow in Two-Dimensional Networks," J. Fluid Mechanics (1982) 119, 219.
6. Koplik, J. and Lasseter, T.J.: "Two-Phase Flow in Random Network Models of Porous Media," SPEJ (February 1985) 22, 89.
7. Chan, D.Y.C. et al.: "Simulating Flow in Porous Media," Physical Review A (1988) 38, 4106.
8. Touboul, E., Lenormand, R., and Zarcone, C.: "Immiscible Displacements in Porous Media: Testing Network Models by Micromodel Experiments," paper SPE 16954 presented at the 1987 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 27-30 September.
9. Lenormand, R., Touboul, E., and Zarcone, C.: "Numerical Models and Experiments on Immiscible Displacements in Porous Media," J. Fluid Mechanics (1988) 189, 165.
10. Lenormand, R.: "Flow Through Porous Media: Limits of Fractal Patterns," Proc., Royal Society, London A (1989) 423, 159.
11. Blunt, M.J. and King, P.R.: "Macroscopic Parameters From Simulation of Pore Scale Flow," Physical Review A (1990) 42, 4780.
12. Jerauld, G.R. and Salter, S.J.: "The Effect of Pore-Structure on Hysteresis in Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure: Pore-Level Modelling," Transport in Porous Media (1990) 5, 103.
13. Blunt, M.J. and King, P.R.: "Relative Permeabilities From Two- and Three-Dimensional Pore-Scale Network Modelling," Transport in Porous Media (1991) 6, 407.
14. Blunt, M.J., King, M., and Scher, H.: "Simulation and Theory of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media," Physical Review A (1992) 46, 7680.
15. Bryant, S. and Blunt, M.J.: "Prediction of Relative Permeability in Simple Porous Media," Physical Review A (1992) 46, No. 4, 2004.
16. Bryant, S., King, P.R., and Mellor, D.W.: "Network Model Evaluation of Permeability and Spatial Correlation in a Real Random Sphere Packing," Transport in Porous Media (1993) 11, 53.
17. Billiotte, J., De Moegen, H., and Øren, P.E.: "Experimental Micro-Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Gas/Water Injection/Withdrawal Cycles as Applied to Underground Gas Storage Reservoir," SPE Advanced Technology Series (April 1993) 133.
18. McDougall, S.R. and Serbie, K.S.: "The Combined Effect of Capillary and Viscous Forces on Waterflood-Displacement Efficiency in Finely Laminated Porous Media," paper SPE 26659 presented at the 1993 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 3-6 October.
19. Blunt, M.J. and Scher, H.: "Pore Level Modelling of Wetting," Physical Review E (December 1995) 52, 6387.
20. Øren, P.E. et al.: "Prediction of Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure From Pore-Scale Modelling," Proc., European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Leoben, Austria (3-6 September 1996).
21. Hazlett, R.D.: "Simulation of Capillary-Dominated Displacements in Microtomographic Images of Reservoir Rocks," Transport in Porous Media (1995) 20, 21.
22. Dunsmuir, J.H. et al.: "X-Ray Microtomography: A New Tool for the Characterization of Porous Media," paper SPE 22860 presented at the 1991 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 6-9 October.
23. Coles, M.E. et al.: "Computed Microtomography of Reservoir Core Samples," Proc., Intl. SCA Meeting, Stavanger, Norway (12-14 September 1994).
24. Coles, M.E. et al.: "Developments in Synchroton X-Ray Microtomography with Applications to Flow in Porous Media," paper SPE 36531 presented at the 1996 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 6-9 October.
25. Baldwin, C.A. et al.: "Determination and Characterization of the Structure of a Pore Space from 3D Volume Images," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1996) 181, 79.
26. Lin, C. and Cohen, M.H.: "Quantitative Methods of Microgeometric Modelling," J. Applied Physics (1982) 53, 4152.
27. Holt, R. et al.: "Petrophysical Laboratory Measurements for Basin and Reservoir Evaluation," Marine and Petroleum Geology (1996) 13, No. 4, 383.
28. Dixit, A.B., McDougall, S.R., and Sorbie, K.S.: "A Pore-Level Investigation of Relative Permeability Hysteresis in Water-Wet Systems," SPE Journal (June 1998) 115.
29. McDougall, S.R. and Sorbie, K.S.: "The Impact of Wettability on Waterflooding: Pore-Scale Simulation," SPERE (August 1995) 208.
30. Heiba, A.A., Davis, H.T., and Scriven, L.E.: "Effect of Wettability on Two-Phase Relative Permeabilities and Capillary Pressures," paper SPE 12172 presented at the 1983 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, 5-8 October.
31. Blunt, M.J.: "Effects of Heterogeneity and Wetting on Relative Permeability Using Pore Level Modeling," SPE Journal (March 1997) 70.
32. Blunt, M.J.: "Pore Level Modeling of the Effects of Wettability," SPE Journal (December 1997) 449.
33. Soil, W.E. and Celia, M.A.: "A Modified Percolation Approach to Simulating Three-Fluid Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationships," Advances in Water Resources (1993) 16, 107.
34. Øren, P.E., Billiotte, J., and Pinczewski, W.V.: "Pore-Scale Network Modelling of Waterflood Residual Oil Recovery by Immiscible Gas Flooding," paper SPE 27814 presented at the 1994 SPE/DOE 9th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 17-20 April.
35. Øren, P.E. and Pinczewski, W.V.: "Fluid Distribution and Pore-Scale Displacement Mechanisms in Drainage Dominated Three-Phase Flow," Transport in Porous Media (1995) 20, 105.
36. Fenwick, D.H. and Blunt, M.J.: "Pore Level Modelling of Three Phase Flow in Porous Media," Proc., European IOR Symposium, Vienna, Austria (15-17 May 1995).
37. Pereira, G.G. et al.: "Pore-Scale Network Model for Drainage Dominated Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media," Transport in Porous Media (1996) 24, 167.
38. Mani, V. and Mohanty, K.K.: "Effect of the Spreading Coefficient on Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1997) 187, 45.
39. Hagoort, J.: "Oil Recovery by Gravity Drainage," SPE Journal (June 1980) 139.
40. Bakke, S. and Øren, P.E.: "3-D Pore-Scale Modeling of Sandstones and Flow Simulations in the Pore Networks," SPE Journal (June 1997) 136.
41. Schwartz, L.M. and Kimminau, S.: "Analysis of Electrical Conduction in the Grain Consolidation Model," Geophysics (October 1987) 52, 1402.
42. Roberts, J.N. and Schwartz, L.M.: "Grain Consolidation and Electrical Conductivity in Porous Media," Physical Review (1985) B31, No. 9, 5990.
43. Adler, P.M., Jacquin, C.G., and Quiblier, J.A.: "Flow in Simulated Porous Media," Intl. J. Multiphase Flow (1990) 16, 691.
44. Adler, P.M., Jacquin, C.G., and Thovert, J.F.: "The Formation Factor of Reconstructed Porous Media," Water Resources Research (1992) 28, No. 6, 1571.
45. Ferreol, B. and Rothman, D.H.: "Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Flow Through Fontainebleau Sandstone," Transport in Porous Media (1995) 20, 3.
46. Mason, G. and Morrow, N.R.: "Capillary Behaviour of a Perfectly Wetting Liquid in Irregular Triangular Tubes," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1991) 141, 262.
47. Hilfer, R. and Øren, P.E.: "Dimensional Analysis of Pore Scale and Field Scale Immiscible Displacement," Transport in Porous Media (1996) 22, 53.
48. Wilkinson, D. and Willemsen, J.F.: "Invasion Percolation: A New Form of Percolation Theory," J. Physics A (1983) 16, 3365.
49. Chandler, R. et al.: "Capillary Displacement and Percolation in Porous Media," J. Fluid Mechanics (1982) 119, 249.
50. Mayer, R.P. and Stowe, R.A.: "Mercury Porosimetry-Breakthrough Pressure for Penetration Between Packed Spheres," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1965) 20, 893.
51. Princen, H.M.: "Capillary Phenomena in Assemblies of Parallel Cylinders. I. Capillary Rise Between Two Cylinders," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1969) 30, 60.
52. Princen, H.M.: "Capillary Phenomena in Assemblies of Parallel Cylinders. II. Capillary Rise in Systems With More Than Two Cylinders," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1969) 30, 359.
53. Princen, H.M.: "Capillary Phenomena in Assemblies of Parallel Cylinders. III. Liquid Columns Between Horizontal Parallel Cylinders," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1970) 34, 171.
54. Kovscek, A.R., Wong, H., and Radke, C.J.: "A Pore-Level Scenario for the Development of Mixed Wettability in Oil Reservoirs," AIChE J. (1993) 39, No. 6, 1072.
55. Lenormand, R., Zarcone, C., and Sarr, A.: "Mechanism of the Displacement of One Fluid by Another in a Network of Capillary Ducts," J. Fluid Mechanics (1983) 135, 337.
56. Ranshoff, T.C. and Radke, C.J.: "Laminar Flow of Wetting Liquid Along the Corners of a Predominantly Gas-Occupied Noncircular Pore," J. Colloid and Interface Science (1988) 121, 392.
57. Bourbie, T. and Zinszner, B.: "Hydraulic and Acoustic Properties as a Function of Porosity in Fontainebleau Sandstone," J. Geophysical Research (1985) 90, 11524.
58. Jacquin, C.G.: "Correlation entre la Permeabilite et les Caracteristiques Geometriques du gres de Fontainebleau," Review Institut Francois du Petrole (1964) 19, 921.
59. Fredrichs, J.T., Greaves, K.H., and Martin, J.W.: "Pore Geometry and Transport Properties of Fontainebleau Sandstone," Intl. J. Rock Mechanics and Mining Science and Geomechanics (1993) 30, No. 7, 691.
60. Hjelmeland, O., Selle, O.M., and Rueslåtten, H.: "The Effects of Rock Properties on Wertability of Oil Reservoirs - An Investigation of North Sea Systems," Proc., European Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Hamburg, Germany (27-29 October 1987).
61. Morrow, N.R.: "Pore Level Displacement Mechanisms," paper presented at the 1990 First Intl. Symposium on Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery, Socorro, New Mexico, 18-21 September.
62. Ma, S., Mason, G., and Morrow, N.R.: "Effect of Contact Angle on Drainage and Imbibition in Regular Polygonal Tubes," Colloids and Surfaces A (1996) 117, 273.