Immiscible Flow in Porous Media - II

This course covers the comprehensive understanding of flow through porous media, focusing on immiscible flow, relative permeability, and the Buckley Leverett formulation. It provides a deep dive into the concept of wetting and non-wetting phases in a porous medium, the changes in saturation, and the role of various factors like surface tension, contact angle, and pore structure. For instance, the course explains how injecting water into a core filled with oil gradually displaces the oil, creating a saturation profile that can be analyzed using the fractional flow function. It also discusses the concept of drainable porosity, interstitial water saturation, and the role of capillary pressure. The course concludes with the explanation of the continuity equation for three different phases and the importance of solving these equations for three-phase flow.