Prediction of the Absolute Rock Permeability

 

 

Major flow lines through the pore space of a compacted sandstone sample.  The calculation was performed with our 3D lattice-Boltzmann code
Absolute permeabilities calculated from the synthetic Fontainebleau sandstone images using the lattice- Boltzmann method.

The blue crosses are experimental data from ExxonMobil. The color symbols denote various modes of compaction and  cementation. 

 

Depositional model
Rock mechanics
Robust description of pore space
Rock/fluid wettability
Direct percolation on images
Absolute perm prediction
Relative perm prediction
Capillary pressure prediction
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