The integration of capillary pressures and pickett plots for determination of flow units and reservoir containers

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 3557-3569

  Aguilera, R ^a   Aguilera, M S ^a  

^a Servipetrol Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; RESERVOIR CONTAINERS; WATER SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142302030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71725-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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