Discretization of the Capillary Pressure, Resistivity and Relative Permeability for Naturally Fractured Reservoir

Abstract

The interrelation between capillary pressure, resistivity and relative permeability has been treated lately (Li, 2010). However, it is necessary to make a distinction for these properties when a Naturally Fractured Reservoir is characterized. Naturally Fractured Reservoirs present several heterogeneities, and a lot of parameters behave different in those media within a single reservoir. Often the rock in the reservoir is discretized as matrix and fractures network. The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodology to characterize the capillary pressure, the resistivity and the relative permeability in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, using data from well logs or from laboratory.