Water front monitoring by ground penetrating radar technology
conference paper
Ground penetrating radar technology has been proposed to monitor the water front arrival in oilfield applications; however its effectiveness for real applications remains unproven. The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of radar technology for realistic thin oil rim scenarios. This was investigated by combining multi‐phase flow simulations with electromagnetic simulations. The output of the reservoir simulations consists of the water saturation distribution over time. We convert the water saturation distribution in electromagnetic properties through well‐established mixing models and use the electromagnetic property distribution as input for the electromagnetic simulations. The interpretation of the results reveals that radar technology is capable of monitoring fluid saturation changes and a qualitative analysis is suggested to evaluate the advance of a non‐uniform water front.
Topics
ElectromagnetsGeological surveysGeophysical prospectingGround penetrating radar systemsPetroleum prospectingElectromagnetic propertiesFluid-saturation changesGround Penetrating RadarOil field applicationsQualitative analysisReal applicationsReservoir simulationWater saturationsElectromagnetic simulation
TNO Identifier
954213
ISBN
9781617389801
Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source title
Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010, 17 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
Pages
706-710
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