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Calculation of Permeability of Porous Media.: Reservoir Engineering

This document contains 6 examples of calculations related to reservoir engineering: 1) Calculating permeability from flow rate and pressure drop measurements 2) Calculating pressure drop, flow velocities, and oil in place given reservoir properties 3) Determining relative permeabilities from steady-state core flood tests 4) Calculating capillary pressure and rise given interfacial properties 5) Estimating water saturation heights from a capillary pressure curve 6) Generating a Leverett J-function from capillary pressure data

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Calculation of Permeability of Porous Media.: Reservoir Engineering

This document contains 6 examples of calculations related to reservoir engineering: 1) Calculating permeability from flow rate and pressure drop measurements 2) Calculating pressure drop, flow velocities, and oil in place given reservoir properties 3) Determining relative permeabilities from steady-state core flood tests 4) Calculating capillary pressure and rise given interfacial properties 5) Estimating water saturation heights from a capillary pressure curve 6) Generating a Leverett J-function from capillary pressure data

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Example 2-1

Calculation of Permeability of Porous Media.


A fluid of viscosity of 1.2 cp flows through a cylindrical core at a
rate of 0.25 cm3/s with a pressure drop of 2.5 atm. Core
dimensions are a length of 12 cm and a 5 cm2 flow area (i.e., the
area perpendicular to the direction of flow). Determine the core
permeability.

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Example 2-2
A sand body is 2000 feet long, 200 feet wide and 12 feet thick. It
has a uniform permeability of 345 md to oil at 17 per cent
connate water saturation. The porosity is 32 percent. The oil has
a reservoir viscosity of 3.2 cp. Answer the following:
i. If flow takes place parallel to 2000 ft length above saturation
pressure, what pressure drop will cause 100 barrels per day
(BPD) to flow through the sand body, assuming the fluid
behaves essentially as an incompressible fluid?
ii. What is the apparent velocity of the oil in feet per day at the
100 BPD flow rate?
iii. What is the interstitial average velocity in feet per day?
iv. Calculate initial oil in place in barrel.

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Example 2-2
Note: Darcy equation in field units is Qo = 0.001127 A.Ko.ΔP/μ.L,
here flow rate is in BPD, ΔP is in psi, viscosity is in cp,
permeability is in mD, length is in ft, and area is in sq ft, 1 Barrel
= 5.61 cubic feet

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Example 2-3
Relative Permeability Calculations
From Steady-State Tests.
Table 2.2 shows a set of steady-state
oil/water relative permeability
experiments measured at several
water saturations. Assuming the core
size and conditions are the same as
in Example 2.1, determine:
(1) the oil and water relative
permeabilities and
(2) the oil- and water-phase
permeabilities.
Oil viscosity is 5 cp, and water
viscosity is 1.2 cp.

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Example 2-4
Calculate capillary pressure and capillary rise in an oil-water
system from the following data:
θ = 30°
ρw = 1.0 gm/cm3
ρo = 0.75 gm/cm3
r = 10−4 cm
σow = 25 dynes/cm
g = 980.7 cm/sec2

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Example 2-5
The capillary pressure
curves for a sandstone
reservoir are shown in the
Fig. Estimate the height, in
feet above the free water
table, where Sw drops below
100% and where it is equal
to 45%. Oil and water
densities are 50 and 65
lb/ft3, respectively.

Sw %

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Example 2-6
Calculation of the Leverett J Function.
The set of four oil/water capillary pressure curves shown in
Table 2.5 was measured for four cores from the same reservoir.
The oil/water interfacial tension and angle of wettability are σ =
72 dynes/cm and ϕ = 45°, respectively. Calculate and plot the J-
function curve.

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Example 2-6

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