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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Philippe Tardy, Stafford, TX (US);
Ali Fadili, Abingdon, GB;
John Richard Anthony Pearson, Cambridge, GB;
John Peter Crawshaw, Newmarket, GB;
Philippe Tardy, Stafford, TX (US);
Ali Fadili, Abingdon, GB;
John Richard Anthony Pearson, Cambridge, GB;
John Peter Crawshaw, Newmarket, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a method and a system for predicting the apparent flow conductivity of a heterogeneous medium. According to the invention, the following steps are implemented:—choosing a flow conductivity element type with a given set of characteristic parameters;—determining equations for said flow in said element type;—determining a network statistics for said given set of characteristic parameters; and—performing a stochastic homogenisation of said equations, for said network statistics. The invention applies more particularly to the predicting of the apparent viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids in a heterogeneous porous medium.