Two-phase relative permeability models in reservoir engineering calculations

Energy Sources

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-162

  Siddiqui, Shameem ^a,d   Hicks, Paul J ^b   Ertekin, Turgay ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Exxon Production Research   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Buckley Leverett; Multiphase flow; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERAL OILS; SANDSTONE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WELL FLOODING;

BUCKLEY-LEVERETT CONDITIONS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032710807     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319950015028     Document Type: Article

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