Using percolation theory to predict oil field performance

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. 314, issue 1, 103-108

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 more quickly. As a result they may be used in practical engineering circumstances and aid decision making for real field problems.

Keywords: Percolation; Scaling; Oil recovery; Flow in porous media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01088-9

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