Developments in synchrotron X-Ray microtomography with applications to flow in porous media

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 413-424

  Coles, M E ^a   Hazlett, R D ^a   Muegge, E L ^a   Jones, K W ^b   Andrews, B ^b   Dowd, B ^b   Siddons, P ^b   Peskin, A ^b   Spanne, P ^c   Soil, W E ^d  

^a Mobil E and P Technical Center   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c European Synchrotron Facility   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLVENTS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; MULTI-PHASE FLOW PROPERTIES; NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCES; RESIDUAL OIL DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0029749558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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