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dc.contributor.authorSabila, T.
dc.contributor.authorBen Mahmud, H.
dc.contributor.authorMahmud, W.
dc.contributor.authorvan Dijke, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T01:24:16Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T01:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationSabila, T. and Ben Mahmud, H. and Mahmud, W. and van Dijke, M. 2019. Two-Phase Oil-Water Empirical Correlation Models for SCAL and Petrophysical Properties in Intermediate Wet Sandstone Reservoirs. OP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 495: Article ID 012065.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75778
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1757-899X/495/1/012065
dc.description.abstract

A consensus has long been established that the best secondary oil recovery through waterflood is attained in intermediate wet reservoir systems. In the absence of special core analysis (SCAL) data during the initial stages of field evaluation, experimentally-derived correlations are generated in this study for preliminary evaluation purposes. Currently, it is identified that ambiguity exists between petrophysical relationships in intermediate wet reservoirs. Clarifying these relationships provides us with further understanding into maximizing oil recovery in such systems. Hence, the main objective of this study is to analyse and provide further insights into the relationships between petrophysical properties, which are ultimately vital for reservoir simulations. The correlations are generated through linear regression analysis from experimental core measurements. It has been proven that the most reliable correlations are essentially empirical rather than theoretical, especially with the case of relative permeability. The variation of SCAL parameters and correlations generated are studied as a function of wettability, permeability, porosity, initial water saturation and rock type. It is observed that residual oil saturation is moderately correlated to Amott-Harvey wettability in an upward curvilinear relationship while scaled endpoint relative permeability in two-phase oil-water system is strongly and linearly correlated to wettability. When investigating the effects of permeability, one must take into account that having too low or too high value might present anomalies in the correlations. The general trend for intermediate wettability reservoir is that a higher permeability shows a shift towards less water-wet behaviour (shift to oil-wet). Moreover, for initial water saturation and wettability, the trend is towards more water-wet at higher initial water saturation. Meanwhile, porosity is not strongly correlated to any of the parameters except permeability.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSCAL, Two-phase, Oil-water system, Petrophysical properties
dc.titleTwo-Phase Oil-Water Empirical Correlation Models for SCAL and Petrophysical Properties in Intermediate Wet Sandstone Reservoirs
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.volume495
dcterms.source.number2019
dcterms.source.issn1757-8981
dcterms.source.titleIOP Conference Series : Materials Science and Engineering
dcterms.source.conference11th CUTSE Conference
dcterms.source.conference-start-date26 Nov 2018
dcterms.source.conferencelocationMiri, Malaysia
dcterms.source.placeonline
dc.date.updated2019-06-19T01:24:10Z
curtin.departmentCurtin International
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyCurtin International
curtin.contributor.orcidBen Mahmud, Hisham [0000-0002-8231-9730]
dcterms.source.conference-end-date28 Nov 2018
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridBen Mahmud, Hisham [57189295970] [57202518953]


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