Predicting oil recovery using percolation theory

P. R. King; S. V. Buldyrev; Nikolay Dokholyan; S. Havlin; Y. Lee; G. Paul; H. E. Stanley; N. Vandesteeg

doi:10.1144/petgeo.7.s.s105

Predicting oil recovery using percolation theory

P. R. King, S. V. Buldyrev, Nikolay Dokholyan, S. Havlin, Y. Lee, G. Paul, H. E. Stanley, N. Vandesteeg

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In this paper we apply scaling laws from percolation theory to the problem of estimating the time for a fluid injected into an oil field 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S105-S117
Journal	Petroleum Geoscience
Volume	7
Issue number	SPECIL ISSUE
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo.7.s.s105
State	Published - 2001

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Fuel Technology
Geology
Geochemistry and Petrology
Economic Geology
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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