Steamflood model

It is convenient to have an idealized model of the steamflood fluid-flow physical properties in order to make some predictions about the nature of rock physics and seismic responses during steam injection. I consider four separate fluid zones associated with a simplified steamflood:

• a high-pressure, high-temperature desaturated steam zone.
• a high-pressure, high-temperature saturated water zone,
• a high-pressure, high-temperature saturated oil zone,
• a high-pressure, low-temperature saturated oil zone,

This simple model is diagrammed in Figure 9.