Experimental Verification of Methods to Calculate Relative Permeability Using Capillary Pressure Data

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kewen Li ◽  
Roland N. Horne
Keyword(s):  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Experimental Verification ◽  
Pressure Data

New Relationship Between Resistivity Index and Relative Permeability

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ma ◽  
Changwei Liu ◽  
Changhui Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Pressure Data ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Resistivity Index ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Petrophysical Parameter ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Good Agreement

Relative permeability as an important petrophysical parameter is often measured directly in the laboratory or obtained indirectly from the capillary pressure data. However, the literature on relationship between relative permeability and resistivity is lacking. To this end, a new model of inferring two-phase relative permeability from resistivity index data was derived on the basis of Poiseuille's law and Darcy's law. The wetting phase tortuosity ratio was included in the proposed model. The relative permeabilities computed from the capillary pressure data, as well as the experimental data measured in gas–water and oil–water flow condition, were compared with the proposed model. Both results demonstrated that the two-phase permeability obtained by proposed model were generally in good agreement with the data computed from capillary pressure and measured in the laboratory. The comparison also showed that our model was much better than Li model at matching the relative permeability data.

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