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Areal sweep efficiency

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000175

The fraction of the reservoir area contacted by an injected fluid during a displacement process, such as waterflooding or gas injection. It quantifies how effectively the injected fluid spreads horizontally across the reservoir. Areal sweep efficiency is influenced by the mobility ratio of the fluids, reservoir heterogeneity, and the well pattern, typically ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 in many operations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000175
FieldOil and gas
SubjectEnhanced Oil Recovery
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000175",
  "term": "Areal sweep efficiency",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The fraction of the reservoir area contacted by an injected fluid during a displacement process, such as waterflooding or gas injection. It quantifies how effectively the injected fluid spreads horizontally across the reservoir. Areal sweep efficiency is influenced by the mobility ratio of the fluids, reservoir heterogeneity, and the well pattern, typically ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 in many operations.",
  "subject": "Enhanced Oil Recovery",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/areal-sweep-efficiency/"
}

Record 193 of 4,468 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.