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2.

I
The
been

of

justified,

Ia;ge

and

results

It
that

the

of

above

the

is

well

one
the

cells,

exact

of

the

the

although

number

simple

to

idlty

val

is

methods

known

rmher

of

fr.acticnal

pore

may

linear

of

not

the

fora

be

in

has

sufficiently

too

this

not

incorrect.

paper

and

the

ccmpared.

volumes

flow

that

described

are

from

procedure

conjectures

results

procedure
two

welghtlng

immiscible
of

fluid

displacwient
injected,

displacing

phase

theory

by

related

is

Qi,
the

fo?lo>:ing

expression

Qi

l~vw(sw)

Sw=

(2)

Swf

If

the

system

(although
at

the

been
the

or

this

is

of

the

end
injected

j=2

channei

cell,

no

is

divided

limitation)lt

nth

cell,

hen,

n/ F1wf

into

the

j=l

etc.

The

following

--l.=l ~~~~rne
=wu~,

into

as

pore

breakthrough

volumes

(n- 1 )/Ftwf

cells

general

~e]l~

pore

occurs

of fluid
volumes

equation

from

which

= Fwf / (n-j+l)

the

permeability

average

Krw
.- .
(z)

relationship

t;on

each

cell

may

be

consequently

determined,

the

using

displecment

was

studied

relatiorisbips.

us
The

pr~~

.,..

.4.- --

cell
-.

relative

kelgeas

A waterloil
pattern,

of

and

obtains

4?.

saturation~w

into

easily

..
F~j(Sw)

have

five-spot

\
\

.s

.
,.

,,,

3.

:
.1
,i

-.

of

. . .~

J,

the

front

was

advance,

calculated

using

Eqs.

1 and

3.

*.

4, ,,

partial

J,
.

summary

of

the

results

Is

given

In

Table

1.

-.

. .

-,%
laDie

1:

Sattirat:on
Rates
at
Spot
for

Distribution
and Relative
Oil
Production
in a Channel
of a bG-Cell
FiveBreakthrough it:---e:+,,
p,~~;~~
Different
VI~~u=luT

Cel 1

\!ater

Averaoe

po~~w=
(1)

0.705
0.550
;.::;

(2)

(1)

j6
38

o.j79

0.563

0.374

0.522
0.443

0.369

40

HiSgins-Leighton
metho~,
Es.
14etho$l of this
papers
q~a~e
relatlve
oil
production

The

above

LeiShton

tabulated

method

~
at

method
.

flow

in

yields
rates

lower
at

show

underestimates

appreciably

particularly

0.598
0.590
0.585

the

oil

that

the

cells.

center

the

water

especially

liigginssaturation

Consequently-

and sppreclably

recoveries

breakthrough,

0.830
0.829
0.828
0.818
0.816
0.814
0.764
0.736
0.662

breakthrough

values,

0.752
().6s4
0.645
C.641

clearly

results

Zw

(2)

0.845
0.777

0.707
0.704
:*;;:

O:f+?k 0:665
~eq~d Q.5S9

20
22

(!)
~2)

141

Satl;-:t
ion,
p/pw=lo

for

high

lower

he
oil

viscosity

ratios.
the

As the

viscosity

fractional
in
less

the

flow

calculated

ratio
curve

becomes
is

relaxed

saturation

more

favorable,

and8

as

dlstrlbutlon,

however,

e~ected~

by both

the

,.
dif~e[ences

methods,

bec~~
..
-.~.

pronounced.
. .
.

,.,
.

..

,,

.,

4.

References

(1 )

Higgins,
Calculate

Porous

(2)

R.\.

and

Two-

Medium,

Welge,
H. J.;
Recovery
by

Le~?~,tto;l

Fhlase

AIME

IUW

III

A.J.

:t--..z..i,,-i,,
A Cmnputer

~A$.nd43#i

Any

IC

Vwt.wew

I GSUICJI

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Hethod

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A Simplified
Gas or Water

Method
for
Drive,
AIME

Computing
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