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Input Data: Water-Oil System
Input Data: Water-Oil System
Reservoir Petrophysics
Homework 5 Capillary Pressure
1 November 2000 Due: Wednesday 8 November 2000
5.1 Determination of Capillary Pressure Using the Centrifuge.
You are to determine the capillary pressure (pc) profiles for the centrifuge data
given below.
Input Data:
Water-Oil System:
Properties
Core Length, in
Dry Weight of Core, gm
Core Porosity, fraction
Core Permeability, md
Water (Brine) Density, gm/cc
Oil (Kerosene) Density, gm/cc
Interfacial Tension, dyne/cm
Long radius, in
Core WO-1
Saturated
Centrifuge
Weight
Speed
(gm)
(RPM)
50.761
0
50.738
476
50.477
975
50.328
1500
50.232
2000
50.159
2500
50.101
3000
50.012
4000
Core WO-1
1.699
46.476
0.1911
290
1.05
0.7891
25
6.1
Core WO-2
1.632
45.314
0.1752
266
1.05
0.7891
25
6.1
Core WO-2
Saturated
Centrifuge
Weight
Speed
(gm)
(RPM)
49.333
0
49.297
476
49.041
975
48.907
1500
48.824
2000
48.765
2500
48.719
3000
48.652
4000
Air-Oil System:
Properties
Core Length, in
Dry Weight of Core, gm
Core Porosity, fraction
Core Permeability, md
Oil (Kerosene) Density, gm/cc
Air Density, gm/cc
Interfacial Tension, dyne/cm
Long radius, in
Core AO-1
Saturated
Centrifuge
Weight
Speed
(gm)
(RPM)
47.238
0
46.058
476
45.592
975
45.376
1500
45.240
2000
45.185
2500
Core AO-1
1.601
44.205
0.1819
242
0.7891
0.00122
50
6.1
Core AO-2
1.721
47.423
0.1846
275
0.7891
0.00122
50
6.1
Core AO-2
Saturated
Centrifuge
Weight
Speed
(gm)
(RPM)
50.719
0
49.841
476
49.178
975
48.795
1500
48.532
2000
48.472
2500
45.089
45.020
3000
4000
48.353
48.293
3000
4000
(62.4)
(2)(144) g
(r2 r1 )
where,
r1
pc
gc
=
=
=
=
=
r2-core length, ft
w = Water density, gm/cc
(w-o) or (o-a), gm/cc
o = Oil density, gm/cc
(/30)xRPM, radians/sec
a = Air density, gm/cc
Capillary pressure, psia
Gravitational constant, 32.2 lbm-ft/lbf-sec2
Average Saturation
Wt
o
V
p
S
or
w
( )
w
o
Wt
a
V
p
S
o
( )
o
a
where,
w
o
a
Vp
where,
pc
S
S
Core Hg-1
1.1695
1.0050
0.2250
315
13.59
0.00122
3.350
1000.00
* Minimum pressure in system (i.e., the maximum "vacuum" drawn on the system).
1 (V V
p
Hg,inj,c )
V
p
where,
VHg,inj
= Injected Mercury volume, cc
VHg,inj,c = (VHg,inj- Vexp) Injected Mercury volume (corrected), cc
Vexp =
Cell
expansion
volume,
calibration equation)
Vp = Pore volume, cc
Sa = Air saturation, fraction
cc
(from
S w S wi
d 1 S
wi
where,
pc
pd
Sw
Swi
=
=
=
=
=