The effect of wettability on three-phase relative permeability

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 869-876

  Di Carlo, David A ^a   Sahni, Akshay ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS PERMEABILITY; PARAFFINS; WETTING; DRAINAGE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS; OIL SANDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESIDUAL FUELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THREE-PHASE FLOW; THREE-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; WATER-WET SYSTEMS; WATERFLOOD RESIDUAL OIL;

SECONDARY RECOVERY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

DECANE; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; OCTANE; THREE PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031625193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49317-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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