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Tutorial #5
Water-Oil system, IMPES Solution

A 1D water-oil system is discretized equally into 4 gridblocks as shown below. At

the beginning, the system contains oil and connate water. Calculate the pressure and
saturation of phases at time steps of 10 and 20 days using IMPES numerical
technique. The following information are available.

Swc =0.2
Pi =2000 psi
Pc=0 psi
k=1000 md

Qw

Qo

=0.2
o = w =1 cP
Bo =Bw =1 RB/STB
c r =1 10-9 1/psi
co =c w =1 10-6 1/psi
x=100 ft
Q w =10 STB/day
Qo =10 STB/day
A=100 ft 2
k ro =So 0.3
k rw =Sw 0.2

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Solution:

oil equation in field unit

1.12710-3 Vb

Vb So
kk ro Po
(
) - Qo,sc =
(
)
x o Bo x
5.614 t Bo

water equation in field unit

1.12710-3 Vb

Vb Sw
kk rw Pw
(
) + Q w,sc =
(
)
x w Bw x
5.614 t Bw

Vbi =Ax i Bulk volume

Po =Pw =P
cr

1
P

cf

oi

(because Pc=0)

1 B f
B f P

1 ( Pi 1 Pi ) T

1 ( Pi 1 Pi ) -Q o =

wi

oi

Vb
(1 Swi t )

[
( S wi S wi t )
(cr co )( Pi Pi t )]
5.614 Bo t
Bo t

1 ( Pi 1 Pi ) T

1 ( Pi 1 Pi ) +Q w =

wi

Multiply the water equation by

Pi 1 (T

oi

1
2

wi

1
2

) Pi 1 (T

oi

1
2

Vb
S t

[
( S wi S wi t ) wi (cr cw )( Pi Pi t )]
5.614 Bw t
Bw t

Bw
and add them up:
Bo

wi

1
2

) Pi (T

oi

1
2

wi

1
2

oi

1
2

wi

1
2

Vb
B
[(1 S wi t )(cr co ) S wi t (cr cw )]( Pi Pi t ) Q o - w Q w
5.614 Bo t
Bo
2
T

1
oi
2

1.127 10

oi

xi (

1
2

xi xi 1

)
ki
ki 1

Vbi 1.127 103

kkroi A
1.127kroi
xi

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2
T

1
oi
2

1.127 10

oi

xi (

1
2

xi xi 1

)
ki
ki 1
2

1
wi
2

1.127 10

wi

xi (

oi

1
2

1.127 10

wi

xi (

kkroi 1 A
1.127kroi 1
xi

Vbi 1.127 103

kkrwi A
1.127krwi
xi

Vbi 1.127 103

kkrwi 1 A
1.127 krwi 1
xi

xi xi 1

)
ki
ki 1
2

1
2

Vbi 1.127 103

1
2

xi xi 1

)
ki
ki 1

t 10 days
Vb
100 100 0.2
[(1 S wi t )(cr co ) S wi t (cr cw )]
(110-9 +110-6 )=3.6 10-5
5.614 Bo t
5.614 10
Pressure equations:

Gridblock 1
1.127(k ro1 +k rw1 )P2 -1.127(k ro1 +k rw1 )P1 =3.6 10-5 (P1 P1t )- Qw
GridBlock 2
1.127(kro 2 krw2 ) P3 1.127(kro1 krw1 ) P1 1.127(kro 2 krw2 kro1 krw1 ) P2 3.6 10-5 (P2 P2t )
GridBlock 3
1.127(kro3 krw3 ) P4 1.127(kro 2 krw2 ) P2 1.127(kro3 krw3 kro 2 krw2 ) P3 3.6 10-5 (P3 P3t )
Gridblock 4
1.127(k ro3 +k rw3 )P3 -1.127(k ro3 +k rw3 )P4 =3.6 10-5 (P4 P4t ) Qo

Gridblock 1
0.5635P2 -(0.5635+3.6 10-5 )P1 = 3.6 10-5 2000-10
Gridblock 2
0.5635P3 0.5635P1 (1.127 3.6 10-5 ) P2 3.6 10-5 2000

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Gridblock 3
0.5635P4 0.5635P2 (1.127 3.6 10-5 ) P3 3.6 10-5 2000
Gridblock 4
0.5635P3 -(0.5635+3.6 10-5 )P4 = -3.6 10-5 2000 10

-0.563536
0.5635

0.5635

-1.127036

0.5635

0.5635

-1.127036

0.5635

P1 10.072
P 0.072
0
2

P3 0.072
0.5635

- 0.563536 P4 9.928
0

Upper triangle elimination technique:

-0.563536

0.5635
0

0
-0.563536

0
0

0
-0.563536

0
0

0
-0.563536

0
0

0.5635
-1.127036

0.5635

0.5635

-1.127036

0.5635

0.5635
-0.563572

0.5635
- 0.563536

0.5635

0.5635

-1.127036

0.5635

0.5635

0.5635

-0.563572

0.5635
- 0.563536

-0.563608

0.5635

0.5635

- 0.563536

0.5635

0.5635

-0.563572
0

-0.563608

0.5635
- 0.000144

10.072 R1

0.072 R2
0.072 R3

9.928 R4
10.072 R1

10.1434 R2 R1 0.5635 / 0.563536

0.072 R3

9.928 R4

10.072 R1

10.1434 R2

10.2141 R3 R2 0.5635 / 0.563572

9.928 R4

10.072 R1

10.1434 2

10.2141 R3

0.2841 R4 R3 0.5635 / 0.563608

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-0.000144 P4=-0.2841

P4=1973

-0.563608 P3+0.5635 P4=-10.2141

P3=1991

-0.5635072 P2+0.5635 P3=-10.1434

P2=2009

-0.563536 P1+0.5635 P2=-10.072

P1=2027