NOMENCLATURE

Symbol Description
Neutron porosity
Density porosity
1 Average porosity method 1

Effective porosity
Shale volume

form Formation gamma ray reading

lean Clean gamma ray reading

R Shale gamma ray reading
Total resistivity
Water resistivity
Shale resistivity
K Formation parameter
m Formation parameter
Water saturation

i Irreducible water saturation

o Oil saturation
orw Residual oil saturation in oil-water
system
org Residual oil saturation in gas-oil
system
l Liquid (oil + water) saturation
g Gas saturation
gr Critical gas saturation
k Permeability
row Relative permeability to oil in oil-water
system
rog Relative permeability to oil in gas-oil
system
rw Relative permeability to water
rg Relative permeability to gas
rocw End-point of relative permeability to oil
rwro End-point of relative permeability to
water

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rgro End-point of relative permeability to
gas
Bitumen viscosity (cP)
Steam temperature (K)
g Steam pressure (MPag)
Bitumen density (kg/m3)
Water density (kg/m3)
res Reservoir density (kg/m3)
Po Bitumen heat capacity (kJ/kgC)
P Water heat capacity (kJ/kgC)
Prock Rock heat capacity (kJ/kgC)

Pres Reservoir heat capacity (kJ/m3C)

K Reservoir thermal conductivity
(kW/mC)
Reservoir thermal diffusivity (m2/s)
Kinematic bitumen viscosity (m2/s)
() Bitumen rate at time t, (m3/day)
0 Initial bitumen rate (m3/day)
0 Initial nominal decline rate
Hyperbolic exponent
time (day)
Bo Oil formation volume factor
havg Net pay height
Lpad Horizontal pad length
Wpad Pad width
NPV Net present value
PIR Profit investment ratio
PV Present value
ROI Return on investment
i Discount rate
POP Pay out period
IRR Internal rate of return