Research Article

Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Fluid Flow in Continental Carbonate Reservoir Rocks and in Upscaled Rock Models Generated with Multiple-Point Geostatistics

Table 2

Permeability simulations.

SimulationFacies (mD) (mD) (mD)Ø (%) (%)

1Subhor.0145628.69.20/
2Subhor.0.114.899.56.25.04.9
3Subhor.0//0.80/
4Subhor.0.422.09.63.41.73.3
5Subhor.1.8//7.24.82.9
6Subhor.100//12.311.72.4
7Cascade0.3//7.15.22.2
8Cascade0.711.70.57.97.13.3
9Cascade0//5.30/
10Reed3.6//6.94.53.1
11Reed449307801764125.923.52.3
12Reed422//25.823.52.3
13Reed1.9006.53.71.9
14Reed2325017912.21.71.6
15Reed62261//14.412.41.4
16Waterfall10.9//14.111.22.9
17Waterfall193184.317832.732.01.5
18Waterfall1.00011.14.62.1

Note. With vertical permeability simulations () and orthogonal horizontal permeability simulations ( and ), the μCT calculated porosity (), the connected porosity in the direction (), the tortuosity in the direction (), and not-measured values or values that could not be determined (/).