Abstract
Tensors determining and describing the main flow and capacity characteristics of anisotropic media are introduced. A system of laboratorymeasurements for the determination of the tensors of areal porosity, permeability, limiting gradients, and characteristic linear dimensions is considered. The pressure dependences of permeability are generalized to take into account the medium anisotropy. The results of an experiment for the determination of the permeability and limiting (initial) gradient tensors in band sandstone with orthotropic flow characteristics are presented. The measurements were carried out on four cores: two along the principal stratification directions, one perpendicular to the stratification, and one inclined at an angle of 45° to the stratification plane. The latter (fourth) specimen was taken for reference: to test the tensor nature of the introduced mathematical objects and formulas. The good agreement of the theoretical and experimental results makes it possible to recommend for engineering calculations both the formulas proposed and the developed method of laboratory investigation of the flow characteristics of anisotropic reservoirs.
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