EMPIRICAL CORRELATION OF OIL EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY AS

A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE

BY

KANU CHIKEZIE EMMANUEL

20071560663

DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWEERI

OCTOBER, 2012
 EMPIRRICAL CORRELATION OF OIL EFFECTIVE

PERMEABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE

BY

KANU CHIKEZIE EMMANUEL

20071560663

A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR

AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING DEGREE (B.ENG) TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWEERI

OCTOBER, 2012

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 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that this project on Empirical Correlation of Oil Effective

Permeability as a function of Pressure is the original work approved and carried

out by Kanu Chikezie Emmanuel, 20071560663 under the supervision of Engr.

Dr. S.I. Onwukwe in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, School of

Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology

Owerri.

1. Supervisor: Name…………. Signature……………..Date…………………..

2. Head of Department: Name………. Signature……..Date…………………..

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 DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to the almighty God for his mercies and protection

throughout the period of this work.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My gratitude goes to the Almighty God who is the giver of my wisdom and

knowledge that made this work a success.

I also wish to acknowledge the hard work my lectures have been doing in

tirelessly impacting knowledge and discipline in me and also to my project

superior Engr. Dr. Onwukwe and some intellects who I must have in one way or

the other gained from their vast knowledge during this project work.

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 ABSTRACT

A poor description of the reservoir characteristics usually poses a unique problem

in exploration and production there by leading to poor development and

management of a reservoir field to yield optimum profit required. An accurate

description is thus a vital key to an improved field development planning and

management. This study illustrates how an integration of empirically determine oil

effective permeability data was correlated as a function of average reservoir

pressure. This is to provide the reservoir engineer with another tool to help him

appreciate the importance of empirically determined data in estimating some

reservoir properties during oil field planning, development and management to

ensure optimum production from the fields.

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