Water Control in Producing Wells: Influence of an Adsorbed-Polymer Layer on Relative Permeabilities and Capillary Pressure

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 234-239

  Barreau, Patrick ^a   Bertin, Henri ^a   Lasseux, Didier ^a   Glénat, Philippe ^a   Zaitoun, Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031269123     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/35447-PA     Document Type: Article

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