EXPERIMENT PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF

PETROLEUM ENGINEERs ( S.P.E) STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF BUEALEVEL 400 STUDENTS

Under the supervision of Dr. fozao kennedy

TITLE OF EXPERIMENT

EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE WATERFLOODING

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENTTo obtain the fractional flow curve using the

imbibition process in a horizontal porous medium.

REQUIREMENTS Pipe, pressure pipe, A tap, stopper, gravel, bucket, graduated bucket, water, A stop watch, oil(diesel).

SETUP OF THE EXPERIMENT

Volume of oil(diesel) in the pipe = 1.75l = 1.75x

PROCEDURE• A Pipe of length 0.5m was completely filled with

gravel and well saturated with oil(diesel).• One end of the pipe was connected to A bucket

containing water.• The other end of the pipe was connected to a tap • A graduated bucket was placed at the end of the

tap so as to collect the displaced oil.• A stopper was used to control the flow rate of

water and oil from the tap.

• The stopper was open at different time intervals, and

the volumes oil and water displaced were recorded as shown on the table below.

SERIES TIME /s VOLUME OF OIL/L

VOLUME OF WATER/L

1 5.4 0.3 0.2

2 20.6 0.4 0.6

3 31.5 0.5 1.0

4 45.9 0.7 1.6

Flow rate

Result obtained (calculation)

The flow rate of water Q= = 3.7x/s = = 2.9x/s

= = 3.2x/s

= = 3.5x/s

The flow rate of oil Q= = 5.5x/s = = 1.9x/s

= = 1.6x/s

= = 1.5x/s

The fractional flow of water () =

= =0.40

= =0.60

= =0.70

= =0.70

The saturation of water = 1 = 1 - But = and = -

= = 0.8 = 1 - 0.8 = 0.2

= = 0.77 = 1 - 0.77 = 0.23

= = 0.71 = 1 – 0.71 = 0.29

= = 0.60 = 1 – 0.60 = 0.4

0 0.20 0.23 0.29 0.40

0 0.40 0.60 0.70 0.70

0 0.2 0.23 0.29 0.40

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

Fractional flow curve

Fractional flow curve

𝑓 𝑤

𝑠𝑤

HAND PLOTTING OF THE FRACTIONAL FLOW CURVE

Thanks

TECHNICAL TEAM

• NKUMBE ELVIS NJUME• BONAVENTURE DUM- BUNG• MA - EFFETI NGALE A.• BATE BORIS BATE• MBOUNA KENFACK LEONEL• NORISTAR MBI MUA• NJOMO STEPHANIE• MPARA CARINE BONGKA