Buoyancy and interfacial force effects on two-phase displacement patterns: An experimental study

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-74

  Tokunaga, Tomochika ^b   Mogi, Katsuro ^b   Matsubara, Osamu ^b   Tosaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Kojima, Keiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBER;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

HYDROCARBON; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BUOYANCY; DISPLACEMENT; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; OIL FIELD; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034103287     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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