Effect of Flow Velocity and Rock Layering on Foam Flow: An X-ray Computed Tomography Study

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 498-511

  Zitha, Pacelli L J ^b   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a   Currie, Peter K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NITROGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY ENTRAPMENT PHENOMENA; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOLOGICAL LAYERING;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 0347681947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/80530-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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