Performance of Gel Treatments in Reservoirs with Multiscale Heterogeneity

Figure 1

Homogeneous permeability field (a) and heterogeneous permeability fields depending on single-scale correlation ((b), (c), and (d)) and multiscale correlation ((e) and (f)) expressed with ln 𝑘.

(a)   Homogeneous permeability field

(b) (1)  𝜆_𝑥=20, 𝜆_𝑧=5, 𝜎=1

(c) (1)  𝜆_𝑥=20, 𝜆_𝑧=5, 𝜎=3

(d) (1)   𝜆_𝑥=40, 𝜆_𝑧=10, 𝜎=1

(e) (1)  𝜆_𝑥=20, 𝜆_𝑧=5, 𝜎=1 and (2)  𝜆_𝑥=40, 𝜆_𝑧=10, 𝜎=1

(f) (1)  𝜆_𝑥=20, 𝜆_𝑧=5, 𝜎=1 and (2)  𝜆_𝑥=40, 𝜆_𝑧=10, 𝜎=2