Simulating Residual Saturation and Relative Permeability in Heterogeneous Formations

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-218

  Paterson, Lincoln ^a   Painter, Scott ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Pinczewski, W Val ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0032163076     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/50938-PA     Document Type: Article

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