Empirical measures of wettability in porous media and the relationship between them derived from pore-scale modelling

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-54

  Dixit, A B ^a,b   Buckley, J S ^c   McDougall, S R ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh Petroleum Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amott index; Network model; Pore scale modelling; USBM index; Wettability; Wetting tests

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; WETTING;

AMOTT-HARVEY INDEX; PORE-NETWORK MODEL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0033932257     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006687829177     Document Type: Article

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