Patent ID: 11066905

Abstract:
A method for modelling saturation in a reservoir, comprising: obtaining capillary pressure data representing capillary pressure in the reservoir; obtaining permeability data representing permeability in the reservoir; determining a number of pore throats represented by the capillary pressure data; creating hyperbolic tangents based on the capillary pressure data equal in number to the number of pore throats; combining hyperbolic tangents to create a curve to fit the capillary pressure data and to define hyperbolic tangent parameters; combining at least one of the hyperbolic tangent parameters with the permeability data to define a saturation height function; modelling a saturation in the reservoir using the saturation height function; and displaying the saturation model based on the saturation height function. The determination of the number of pore throats may comprise creating an initial capillary pressure curve using a predetermined number of multiple linked hyperbolic tangents, determining a first derivative of the capillary pressure curve, and determining a number of local minima in the capillary pressure curve.