Method of determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium taking account of the local heterogeneity
US7333892B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N15/082
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method with application for evaluation or production of a reservoir for determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium such as a rock, from the interpretation of displacement experiments. From an injection experiment on a rock sample, the saturation profiles are measured in different sections of the sample. The experimental data are then subjected to a preliminary interpretation by means of a numerical simulation code allowing production of simulated pressure profiles. These profiles are then combined with the measured saturation profiles so as to evaluate the local properties of the sample in terms of capillary pressure. These properties are then re-injected into the simulator as input data so as to finely interpret the flow parameters while respecting the evolutions of the differential pressure, of the displaced fluid production and of the saturation profiles.
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