CHAPTER 6 Flashcards
(20 cards)
THIS HAPPENS WHEN A FLOW
REVERSAL EXIST
HYSTERESIS
THE CHANGE BETWEEN IMBIBITION
AND DRAINAGE
HYSTERESIS
OCCURS DUE TO CHANGING
INJECTION PATTERNS, INFILL
DRILLING, AND SHUTTING THE WELL.
HYSTERESIS
DEGREE TO WHICH FLUID
WETS SOLID SURFACE
WETTABILITY
AN INCREASE IN
WETTING-PHASE
IMBIBITION PROCESS
REDUCING SURFACE
TENSION
IMBIBITION PROCESS
WATER FLOODING
IMBIBITION PROCESS
DECREASE IN
WETTING-PHASE
DRAINAGE PROCESS
BACK-PRODUCING AN
INJECTOR
DRAINAGE PROCESS
EXIST ONLY
WHEN
DRAINAGE
OCCURS
FIRST
PRIMARY DRAINAGE CURVE
EXIST WHEN DRAINAGE
OCCURS AFTER IMBIBITION
SECONDARY DRAINAGE CURVE
HYSTERESIS EFFECT TO
SIMULATOR MAY LEAD TO:
USE OF SMALLER TIME STEPS
POOR MATERIAL BALANCES
oil relative permeability
may not be affected by water relative
permeability since it usually has a negligible
effect.
water-wet systems
water relative permeability
may have a significant effect.
oil-wet systems
all
bets are off, meaning not one, both or none of the
relative permeability curves may be affected.
intermediate/mixed wettability systems
Weighting of relative
permeability
MOBILITY WEIGHTING
Is a technique of deciding
which relative permeability
values to use to determine
flow in to a block
MOBILITY WEIGHTING
VARIATIONS FROM NORM
PSUEDOFUNCTIONS
RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES AND
CAPILLARY PRESSURES** DETERMINED
FROM CROSS-SECTIONAL
SIMULATORS
DYNAMIC PSUEDOFUNCTIONS
ACCOUNTS FOR THE DEGREE OF SEPARATION
OF FLUIDS IN A CELL.
VERTICAL EQUILIBRIUM