Pore level modeling of the effects of wettability

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 494-508

  Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DRAINAGE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; FORCED WATER INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0031336267     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/38435-pa     Document Type: Article

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