A method is devised for estimating the potential permeability of fracture networks from attributes of fractures observed in outcrop. The technique, which is intended as a complement to traditional approaches, is based on type curves that represent various combinations of fracture lengths, fracture orientations and proportions (i.e., intensities) of fractures that participate in flow. Numerical ...

Computations of the relative permeability curves were made through their representation by two functions for wetting and nonwetting phases. Each function contains one parameter that controls shape curves. The values these parameters are chosen to minimize an objective function, is represented as a weighted sum squared differences between experimentally measured data corresponding calculated mat...

We generalize theorems of Deligne-Mumford and de Jong on semistable modifications of families of proper curves. The main result states that after a generically étale alteration of the base any (not necessarily proper) family of multipointed curves with semi-stable generic fiber admits a minimal semi-stable modification. The latter can also be characterized by the property that its geometric fib...

Acetylcholine-evoked currents mediated by activation of nicotinic receptors in rat parasympathetic neurons were examined using whole-cell voltage clamp. The relative permeability of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine (nACh) receptor channel to monovalent and divalent inorganic and organic cations was determined from reversal potential measurements. The channel exhibited weak selectivity among...

Reservoir simulation to predict production performance requires two steps: one is history-matching, and the other is uncertainty quantification in forecasting. In the process of history-matching, rock relative permeability curves are often altered to reproduce production data. However, guidelines for changing the shape of the curves have not been clearly established. The aim of this paper is to...

We describe the early stages of a poreto coreto reservoir-scale investigation of wettability variation and its impact on flow during oil recovery. We use a threedimensional pore-scale network representation of a Berea sandstone to predict relative permeability and capillary pressure hysteresis. We successfully match experimental data for the water-wet case, and then focus upon the effect of var...