Theory for the semi-analytical calculation of oil recovery and effective relative permeabilities using streamtubes

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 279-292

  Hewett, Thomas A ^a   Yamada, Tomomi ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oil recovery; Pseudofunctions; Scale up; Streamtubes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUCKLEY LEVERETT EQUATION; EFFECTIVE RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; OIL RECOVERY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PSEUDOFUNCTIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

OILS; PERMEABILITY; RECOVERY TECHNIQUES; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031259715     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0309-1708(96)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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