Literature Review on Correlations of the Non-Darcy Coefficient

Proceedings of the Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 106-113

  Li, Dacun ^a   Engler, Thomas W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVITATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

DARCY LAW; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; WELLBORES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 1642481034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/70015-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (42)

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