Studies of waterflooding in low-permeable chalk by use of X-ray CT scanning

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Mogensen, Kristian ^a   Stenby, Erling H ^b   Zhou, Dengen ^c  

^a MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalk; Computed tomography; Low permeable; North sea; Snap off

Indexed keywords

WATERFRONTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; WATER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

WELL FLOODING;

CHALK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TOMOGRAPHY; WATERFLOODING; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

CHALK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR FLOODING; TOMOGRAPHY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0035720906     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(01)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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