Further investigations of why gels reduce water permeability more than oil permeability

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-230

  Liang, Jenn Tai ^a,b,c,d   Seright, R S ^a,e,f  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Tamkang U   (Taiwan)

^c U of Alabama   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f SPE Distinguished Lecturer Committee ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; GELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

SEGREGATED PATHWAY THEORY;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

GEL; PERMEABILITY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WELL;

GELS; OIL WELLS; PERMEABILITY; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031277538     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/37249-PA     Document Type: Article

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