Journal of
Petroleum and Gas Engineering

  • Abbreviation: J. Petroleum Gas Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2677
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPGE
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 123

Full Length Research Paper

Saturation and pressure distributions in a two-phase flow through semi-infinite porous media

C. O. C Oko* and O. E. Diemuodeke
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 27 August 2010
  •  Published: 31 October 2010

Abstract

 

This paper presents models and solutions for the saturation and pressure distributions in a two-phase flow through semi-infinite porous media. The mathematical model, which was developed from the popular Darcy’s equation and the continuity equation, contains a substance source/sink term. The implicit finite difference formulation of the model was solved for saturation and pressure using the modified Gaussian elimination method, which was implemented in Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Application. The solution was tested using hypothetical oil/water well production data.

 

Key words: Two-phase flow, semi-infinite porous media, finite difference method.

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