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Rock Fluid – General

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Overview

Rock Fluid Options

Rock Fluid – Diagnostic Plots

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Rock Fluid – General

Overview
The Rock-Fluid section is used primarily to specify relative permeability and information for
various rock types in the reservoir. IMEX, GEM, and STARS include the ability to define
multiple rock types. Relative permeabilities of each rock type are entered using tables. Builder
provides dialog boxes for the entry of relative permeability tables and related options.

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Rock Fluid – General

Rock Fluid Options

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Rock Fluid Options: IMEX

Rock Fluid Options: GEM

Rock Fluid Options: STARS

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Rock Fluid Options: IMEX

Builder provides a Rock Fluid Options dialog box through which you can select features
available in IMEX that apply globally to all Rock Types. Through this dialog box, you can
set the following:

· Method for evaluating 3-Phase KRO (KROIL)

· Leverett J functions option (JFUNC)

· Non Darcy flow option (NONDARCY)

· Trapped oil hysteresis option

There are two ways to access the Rock Fluid Options dialog box:

· Select the menu item Rock-Fluid | Rock Fluid Options.

· In the tree view, under Rock-Fluid, double-click Rock Fluid Options

The Rock Fluid Options dialog box is shown below:

For the Non-Darcy Gas Flow Option, there are a few different correlations available for
selection. They include Geertsma’s Correlation, Frederick and Graves First Correlation,
Frederick and Graves Second Correlation, and a General Correlation. The General
Correlation allows you to define how non-Darcy flow is a function of saturation, porosity
and permeability for each phase.

When using the Geertsma, or Frederick and Graves Correlation options (NONDARCY
GEERTSMA, FG1 or FG2), the non-Darcy flow coefficient (β) for all phases except gas is
assumed to be zero. For gas, the parameters for αg, N1g and N2g are displayed but cannot be
modified.

When using the General Correlation option (NONDARCY GENERAL) you can enter a table
of α, N1, N2 and Forchmax for each phase in the reservoir and modify the Forchheimer
Number Weighting Factor.
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Rock Fluid Options: GEM

Builder provides Rock Fluid Options dialog box for selecting features available in GEM that
apply globally to all Rock Types. This dialog box includes simple controls to set:

· Method for evaluating 3-Phase KRO (KROIL)

· Single-phase gas relative permeability calculation flag (KRGAS)

· Interfacial tension effects (SIGMA)

There are two ways to access the Rock Fluid Options dialog box:

· Select menu item Rock-Fluid | Rock Fluid Options

· In the tree view, under Rock-Fluid, double-click Rock Fluid Options

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Rock Fluid Options: STARS

Parameters for rock types in STARS apply to individual rock types and the possible
interpolation sets. There are no global settings.

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Rock Fluid – Diagnostic Plots
The rock fluid diagnostic plots feature can be accessed either from the top Rock-Fluid menu,
or from the context menu available by right-clicking the mouse on the reservoir grid display.
The purpose of this feature is to allow you to display the relative permeability relationships
that exist at each grid block. The rock fluid diagnostic plots will include the following items
if they are used in the simulator data file:

· Block dependent relative permeability end point scaling values

· Temperature dependent relative permeability end point values

· Relative permeability interpolation values

An example of the rock fluid diagnostic plots is shown below:

Since the relative permeability relationships can be block dependent, you must either enter a
UBA (block 8,1,1 in the above example) or click a grid block. If the block has both matrix
and fracture properties, then both of these curves will be displayed. If the block has a rock
region assigned to it that has relative permeability interpolation, then all of the interpolation
sets will be displayed. Similarly, if the rock region has end point temperature dependence,
then these temperature dependencies will also be displayed. The above example has all of
these features turned on for block 8,1,1.

The rock fluid diagnostic plots can also display ternary diagrams showing 3-phase
relationships that exist at each block. If the block is assigned a rock region that uses the
normal water wet option, then you can display the 3 phase Kro relationship existing at the
block. If the rock region uses the oil wet option, or any of the intermediate wettability
options, then you can display the 3 phase Krw relationship existing at the block.
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An example is shown below:

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Show Blocks <= Minimums

This sub-feature of the rock fluid diagnostic plots is intended to allow you to locate blocks that
may cause poor simulator performance because of a poor choice of end points. If the range
between end points is too narrow, then the relative permeability curves become very steep and the
simulation may become very slow with very small time-steps. Therefore, if any type of end point
scaling option is used in the data set, it is recommended to check each block using this option.
You can change the default minimum tolerances of 1-Sorw-Swcrit and 1-Sorg-Sgcrit-Swcrit if
desired and then click the Show Blocks <= Minimums button. If any blocks are less than the
minimum tolerances, then a text box will be displayed that lists these blocks. It is up to you to fix
these blocks to prevent slow simulation runs.

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