Field-Scale Characterization of Permeability and Saturation Distribution Using Partitioning Tracer Tests: The Ranger Field, Texas

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 43-58

  Iliassov, Pavel A ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   Vasco, D W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OIL RECOVERY; PARTITIONING INTERWELL TRACER TEST (PITT);

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142266533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71320-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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