Non-darcy flow experiments in anisotropic porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 609-619

  Cooper, J ^a   Wang, X ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW OF GASES; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS; ANISOTROPY; CORE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TENSORS; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPIC POROUS MEDIA; GAS AND CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; MICROSCOPIC MODELING; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; NON-DARCY FLOW COEFFICIENT; PORE-SCALE NETWORKS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ELECTRICAL TORTUOSITIES; NON-DARCY FLOW;

EID: 0031638654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49224-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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