Pore geometry and transport properties in North Sea chalk

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 107-134

  Bekri, S ^a   Xu, K ^a   Yousefian, F ^a   Adler, P M ^a   Thovert, J F ^b   Muller, J ^c   Iden, K ^c   Psyllos, A ^d   Stubos, A K ^d   Ioannidis, M A ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LCD   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY CHALK;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FLUID FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTY;

EID: 0034076861     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(00)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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