Scaling of Spontaneous Imbibition in Gas-Liquid-Rock Systems

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 425-433

  Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

WATER IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642517109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/75167-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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