Scaling capillary imbibition during static thermal and dynamic fracture flow conditions

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-239

  Babadagli, T ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Capillary imbibition; Flow in fracture; Scaling; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

IMBIBITION;

CAPILLARITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WETTING;

FRACTURE;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; IMBIBITION; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WETTING;

FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036566938     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(01)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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