Prediction of the Relative Permeabilities

A combination of invasion percolation on the pore space images and the 3D lattice-Boltzmann method allows us to predict the relative permeability curves for real rocks.  This particular calculation is for a North Sea sandstone.  The relative permeability experiments (squares) are from Statoil. Note the excellent agreement.  There are no adjustable parameters in our calculations.

 

 

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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Petrophysics
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