A Comparative Study of Capillary-Pressure-Based Empirical Models for Estimating Absolute Permeability in Tight Gas Sands

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Thomas Comisky ◽  
Kent Newsham ◽  
Jay Alan Rushing ◽  
Thomas Alwin Blasingame
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
Absolute Permeability ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Tight Gas Sands

A Water-Gas Relative Permeability Relationship for Tight Gas Sand Reservoirs

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. L. Lekia ◽  
R. D. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Water Saturation ◽  
Gas Permeability ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Relative Permeabilities ◽  
The North ◽  
Tight Gas Sands ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Phase Saturation

This paper presents a new approach for the analyses of laboratory-derived capillary pressure data for tight gas sands. The method uses the fact that a log-log plot of capillary pressure against water saturation is a straight line to derive new expressions for both wetting and nonwetting phase relative permeabilities. The new relative permeability equations are explicit functions of water saturation and the slope of the log-log straight line of capillary pressure plotted against water saturation. Relative permeabilities determined with the new expressions have been successfully used in simulation studies of naturally fractured tight gas sands where those determined with Corey-type expressions which are functions of reduced water saturation have failed. A dependence trend is observed between capillary pressure and gas permeability data from some of the tight gas sands of the North American Continent. The trend suggests that the lower the gas permeability, the higher the capillary pressure values at the same wetting phase saturation—especially for saturations less than 60 percent.

A Comparative Study of Laboratory Techniques for Measuring Capillary Pressures in Tight Gas Sands

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.E. Newsham ◽  
J.A. Rushing ◽  
P.M. Lasswell ◽  
J.C. Cox ◽  
T.A. Blasingame
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Laboratory Techniques ◽  
Tight Gas Sands ◽  
Capillary Pressures
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