The effects of heterogeneity and wettability on oil recovery from laminated sedimentary structures

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-460

  Huang, Y ^a   Ringrose, P S ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a   Larter, S R ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; WATER; WETTING;

HETEROGENEOUSLY WET SYSTEM; LAMINATED ROCKS; OIL RECOVERY; OIL WETTING; WATER WETTING; WETTABILITY;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 0030370567     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30781-pa     Document Type: Article

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