The effect of sandstone microfabric upon relative permeability end points

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 169-178

  Prince, Christopher M ^a   Ehrlich, Robert ^b   Carr, Matthew B ^c  

^a Image Care LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Residuum   (United States)

Author keywords

Clastics; Heterogeneous fabric; Image analysis; Porous medium; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

SANDTONE MICROFABRICS;

EXTRAPOLATION; GEOTEXTILES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; UNSTEADY FLOW; WETTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0033490561     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00040-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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