Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Dlow
Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Dlow
Fundamentals of Reservoir Fluid Dlow
College of Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Department
Third stage
Type of fluid
Flow regimes
Reservoir geometry
Fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow
• Flow in porous media is a very complex phenomenon and as such
cannot be described as explicitly as flow through pipes or conduits.
It is rather easy to measure the length and diameter of a pipe and
compute its flow capacity as a function of pressure; in porous
media, however, flow is different in that there are no clear-cut flow
paths that lend themselves to measurement.
• e main objective of this part is to present the mathematical
relationships that are designed to describe the flow behavior of the
reservoir fluids. The mathematical forms of these relationships will
vary depending upon the characteristics of the reservoir. The
primary reservoir characteristics that must be considered include
• • Types of fluids in the reservoir.
• • Flow regimes.
• • Reservoir geometry.
• • Number of flowing fluids in the reservoir
Type of fluid
Type of fluid
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Flow regime diagram
Reservoir geometry
• Linear flow
• Radial flow
• Spherical flow
• Hemi spherical flow
Reservoir geometry
• Linear flow occurs when flow paths are parallel and the
fluid flows in a single direction
Reservoir geometry