Implementation of multirate technique to measure relative permeabilities accounting for capillary effects

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 901-911

  Virnovsky, G A ^a   Vatne, K O ^a   Skjaeveland, S M ^b   Lohne, A ^a  

^a Rogaland Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUALITY CONTROL; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY FORCE; MULTI-RATE TECHNIQUES; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; RESIDUAL SATURATION; STEADY STATE TECHNIQUES;

TWO PHASE FLOW; OIL WELL FLOODING;

CAPILLARY END EFFECTS; MULTIRATE TECHNIQUE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; STEADY STATE FLOODS;

EID: 0031625609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49321-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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