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volumetric sweep efficiency [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

The volumetric sweep efficiency is a measure of the three-dimensional effect of reservoir heterogeneities. ... Stated another way, [it] is the pore volume of the reservoir contacted by the injected fluid divided by the total pore volume.

OBS

It is the product of the pattern areal sweep and vertical sweep.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

La quantité d'huile récupérable par injection d'eau peut être évaluée par [une équation faisant intervenir] : le volume des pores soumis au balayage [...] la saturation en huile de phase primaire [...] l'efficacité volumique de balayage [...]

Spanish

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