Scale-up of two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-34

  Chang, Y C ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Heterogeneity; Multiphase; Porous media; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CORE-SCALE POROSITY; EFFECTIVE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; FIELD SIMULATION GRID-BLOCKS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; UPSCALING;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

HETEROGENEITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; UPSCALING;

EID: 0031182202     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(97)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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