Porosity permeability, how are

these important, compare with

relative permeability ?
Group 2
Exercise 2
Porosity
-Connected pores : Effective porosity

- Isolated + connected pores : Absolute porosity
Isolated pores
Connected pores
Permeability
- K used is absolute permeability

- Generally, with other parameters kept constant,
Low k would result in lower recovery post waterflooding
High k would result in greater recovery post waterflooding
q =
kAP
uL
Relative permeability
- Relative permeability is dependent upon fluid
saturation
- Relating to fractional flow :


-

k
r


=
k
k
e


Conclusion
1. Porosity is not critical in the context of waterflooding

2. Relative permeability is more significant in describing
waterflooding as the mobility ratio is dependent on the
relative permeability of both oil and water