Ingeniería Petrolera en Petrel

Funciones de saturación
Introducción a Malla de Escalamiento de Mallado Fluidos, Definición de
Petrel simulación propiedades avanzado funciones de casos
saturación y
compactación

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Saturation functions
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Purpose of Saturation Functions

Used to calculate the Used to calculate fluid

initial saturation for each mobility to solve the flow
phase in each cell equations between cells
and from cell to well

Used to calculate the Permeability of porous

initial transition zone media is reduced when
saturation of each phase more than one fluid is
present in the pore
space
 Oil-Water Relative Permeability
Krw@S=1
Kro@Somax

Krw@Sorw

1-Sorw

Swmin

Swcr
Gas-Oil Relative Permeability
Krg@Swmin

Krg@Sorg

Sgcr 1-Sorg-Swmin
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This process allows the engineer

to create relative permeability curves using
Corey correlations

Default values are available for sand, shaly

sand and Fracture (straight line)

The number of table entries controls the size

of the tables passed to the simulator.

The user needs to enter the critical saturation

endpoints and other data which will control
the relative permeability curves.
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Create new or edit existing

saturation region
Specify the phases present
Click “Use Defaults”
Specify the number of points
for the saturation function
Edit default values if needed
Click Apply or OK and Petrel
will calculate the relative
permeability curves based on
the Corey Correlation
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Tables

You can view/edit saturation

functions in spreadsheet format

Right Mouse click on the

Saturation Functions folder and
Select “Spreadsheet”

Select the appropriate Rel. Perm

function and then edit in the table
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Capillary Pressure data

Capillary pressure data must be

entered in table format
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Keywords

Relative permeability and

capillary pressure curves built in
SCAL can be imported into the
saturation functions folder in the
Input tab
Use Import (on Selection)
Select File containing keywords
Allows models fitted to
laboratory data to be imported
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Spreadsheet

Right-click on the Saturation

Functions folder and insert a
new Saturation Region
Right-click on the new
Saturation Region and open the
Spreadsheet to enter values or
to copy and paste from existing
tables
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Plots

Plot Relative
permeability curves
and capillary pressure
data in Function
Windows

You may wish to use

such displays for
quality control

Graphical Editing is
possible using the
Function Window
toolbar
Rock compaction
Rock Compaction
Process

New functionality to define rock

compaction
Can define compaction as a
simple compressibility.
Additional options are available
to model more complex
behavior
Rock Compressibility
Required since the pore volume varies under pressure

Simplest approach: ROCK keyword

Rock compressibility is reversible and the same everywhere

Additional options (see “Rock Compressibility” in the Technical Description):

A table of compaction as a function of pressure
– Reversible or Irreversible
The ability to modify the transmissibility as a function of pressure
A hysteretic model to allow partial reflation
A water-induced compaction model
ROCK keyword

Rock Compressibility
 ∂V pore 
C =   V pore
 ∂P 
Cell Bulk Volume is constant and equal to
Pore Volume + Rock Volume

ECLIPSE adjusts the pore volume using: 2


V pore (P ) = V pore (Pref ) 1 + C ( P − Pref ) +

(C ( P − Pref ) ) 

 2 
 
Rock Compaction
Process

New functionality to define rock

compaction
Can define compaction as a
simple compressibility.
Additional options are available
to model more complex behavior
EXERCISE
3. Make Saturation Function and Rock Compaction