Measuring Relative Permeability in Cores at Reservoir Pressures Using a Gravity Drainage Method

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Churchwell ◽  
David DiCarlo
Keyword(s):  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Gravity Drainage

Analytical Solutions and Derivation of Relative Permeabilities for Water-Heavy Oil Displacement and Gas-Heavy Oil Gravity Drainage Under Non-Isothermal Conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 181-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Argüelles-Vivas ◽  
T.. Babadagli
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Spontaneous Imbibition ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Gravity Drainage ◽  
Positive Temperature ◽  
Relative Permeability Curves ◽  
Isothermal Gas

Summary Analytical models were developed for non-isothermal gas/heavy-oil gravity drainage and water-heavy oil displacements in round capillary tubes including the effects of a temperature gradient throughout the system. By use of the model solution for a bundle of capillaries, relative permeability curves were generated at different temperature conditions. The results showed that water/gas-heavy oil interface location, oil-drainage velocity, and production rate depend on the change of oil properties with temperature. The displacement of heavy oil by water or gas was accelerated under a positive temperature gradient, including the spontaneous imbibition of water. Relative permeability curves were greatly affected by temperature gradient and showed significant changes compared with the curves at constant temperature. Clarifications were made as to the effect of variable temperature compared with the constant (but high) temperatures throughout the bundle of capillaries.

Oil Relative Permeability for Gravity Drainage Based on In-Situ Saturation Measurements

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Naylor ◽  
N.C. Sargent ◽  
A.P. Tilsed ◽  
M.D. Frorup
Keyword(s):  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Gravity Drainage

Convection at the Edge of a Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage Steam Chamber

SPE Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 503-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotsna Sharma ◽  
Ian D. Gates
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Injection Well ◽  
Gravity Drainage ◽  
Oil Sand ◽  
Production Well ◽  
Steam Chamber ◽  
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage

Summary Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) has become the preferred process to recover bitumen from Athabasca deposits in Alberta. The method consists of a lower horizontal production well, typically located approximately 2 m above the base of the oil zone, and an upper horizontal injection well located roughly 5 to 10 m above the production well. Steam flows from the injection well into a steam chamber that surrounds the wells and releases its latent heat to the cool oil sands at the edge of the chamber. This research re-examines heat transfer at the edge of the steam chamber. Specifically, a new theory is derived to account for convection of warm condensate into the oil sand at the edge of the chamber. The results show that, if the injection pressure is higher than the initial reservoir pressure, convective heat transfer can be larger than conductive heat transfer into the oil sand at the edge of the chamber. However, enhancement of the heat-transfer rate by convection may not necessarily imply higher oil rates; this can be explained by relative permeability effects at the chamber edge. As the condensate invades the oil sand, the oil saturation drops and, consequently, the oil relative permeability falls. This, in turn, results in the reduction of the oil mobility, despite the lowered oil viscosity because of higher temperature arising from convective heat transfer.

Wettability Effect on Oil Relative Permeability During a Gravity Drainage

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Pedrera ◽  
H. Bertin ◽  
G. Hamon ◽  
A. Augustin
Keyword(s):  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Gravity Drainage

Temperature Effects on the Oil Relative Permeability during Tertiary Gas Oil Gravity Drainage (GOGD)

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 977-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sh. Ayatollahi ◽  
A. Lashanizadegan ◽  
H. Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Gravity Drainage ◽  
Gas Oil
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