An analysis of dynamic pseudo-relative permeability methods for oil-water flows

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-394

  Barker, John W ^a,b   Dupouy, Philippe ^c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b Elf Exploration UK PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c Elf Geoscience Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Oil recovery; Relative permeability; Reservoir model; Scale up

Indexed keywords

PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0033382312     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.5.4.385     Document Type: Article

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