Abstract
This work makes a comparison between the results of studies of stratified linear flow models and a simple mathematical model of the system which separates the flow into linear and rotational components. Fair agreement between the two indicates that the mathematical model may be a useful tool in predicting the results of field operations involving fluid displacement from stratified reservoirs. There is also described a novel potentiometric model of the system involving the use of a conjugate fluid system to obtain differences in conductivity without the diffusion which ordinarily accompanies concentration gradients. The results from studies with this model were used to facilitate the description of the flow for application in the mathematical model. Finally, the rapid dissipation of the flood front under conditions of favorable mobility ratio is reported and analyzed. Many of the results of this work are at variance with the previous investigations in the field. The only other work involving the use of flow models reported much less crossflow at unfavorable mobility ratios, no effect of stratum width ratio, and failed to observe the pronounced dissipation of the flood front.
McGuire, William James (1967). The effect of interstrata flow on secondary recovery operations. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -180262.