Comparison of Numerical Simulations and Laboratory Waterfloods with In-Situ Saturation Imaging of Fractured Blocks of Reservoir Rocks at Different Wettabilities

Proceedings of the SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition of Mexico

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 447-460

  Graue, A ^a   Moe, R ^a   Baldwin, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Green Country Petrophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REDUCTION; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; RESERVOIR ROCKS; WETTABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142265331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/59039-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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