Buckley leverett simulation example

Auther : Professor Jon Kleppe

Assistant producers:
Farrokh Shoaei
Khayyam Farzullayev

NTNU
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❖ This is a demonstration of 1D Buckley-Leverett problem.

❖ Oil is being displaced by water in a horizontal, linear system under diffuse flow
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❖ The pressure is maintained during the displacement process.

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The water can travel through a course gridded model more quickly than a fine gridded model.
Consequently the water front becomes smeared causing a prematurely water break through in the
coarse gridded model. This effect is called numerical dispersion.
In practice there are other factors contributing to numerical dispersion such as the averaging of
relative permeabilities and of saturations.
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The greater the number of gridblocks the more closely the model approaches
continuum in space in which Buckley Leverett shock-front displacement is honored.

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When capillary pressure is included in simulation, the fluid front has relatively round
shape.

Characterization of Case 3, the capillary pressure is included ,the geometry is 50 x 1 x 25.

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With the increase of mobility ratio, M, the shock-front decreases.

Characterization of Case 4, oil viscosity is 10 times higher , geometry: 50 x 1 x 25.

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This graph shows that with the increase in viscosity, curve moves to the left .
From the mobility ratio equation, the increase in oil viscosity brings an increases to the mobility
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This slide illustrates two runs of simulation with different mobility ratios, M.
In first case when M is less or equal to 1 cp, the displacement is piston-like.
μo=1.0 cp and M=2.0

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In case 2, the mobility ratio is much greater than 1 cp, there is some degree of shock-front
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As oil has high viscosity, the water is relatively more mobile and it moves bypassing the oil.

μo=10.0 cp and M=20.0

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References

Kleppe J.: Reservoir recovery course, buckley leverett analysis note

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Snyder R. W. and Ramey H. J.: ”Application of Buckley-Leverett Displacement Theory
to Noncommunicating Layered System”. SPE paper 1645
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Title: BUCKLEY LEVERTT SIMULATION EXAMPLE

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model Name: Prof. Jon Kleppe

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