Large-scale two-dimensional imaging of wettability effects on fluid movement and oil recovery in fractured chalk

SPE Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Graue, Arne ^a   Viksund, B G ^b   Baldwin, B A ^c   Spinler, E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WETTING;

FRACTURED CHALK; WETTABILITY;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 0033101406     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/54668-PA     Document Type: Article

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