Relative permeability modification in gas/liquid systems through wettability alteration to intermediate gas wetting

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 427-436

  Tang, Guo Qing ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; WETTING;

EID: 0037001069     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/81195-PA     Document Type: Article

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