Experimental three-phase flow in porous media: Development of saturated structures dominated by viscous flow, gravity, and capillarity

SPE Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-379

  Barbu, A ^a   Hicks P J , Jr ^a   Grader, A S ^a  

^a Reservoir Management Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAFFINS; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VISCOUS FLOW; WATER; WELL FLOODING;

BENZYL ALCOHOLS; DECANE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0033278754     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/58357-PA     Document Type: Article

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