Uncertainty in oil production predicted by percolation theory

P.R. King, S.V. Buldyrev, N.V. Dokholyan, S. Havlin, E. Lopez, G. Paul and H.E. Stanley

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 306, issue C, 376-380

Abstract: In this paper, we apply scaling laws from percolation theory to the problem of estimating the time for a fluid injected into an oilfield to breakthrough into a production well. The main contribution is to show that when these previously published results are used on realistic data they are in good agreement with results calculated in a more conventional way, but they can be obtained significantly and more quickly. As a result, they may be used in practical engineering circumstances and aid decision-making for real field problems.

Keywords: Percolation; Transport in porous media; Breakthrough time; Oil recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00515-0

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