Wettability and Relative Permeability of Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Rock Reservoir, Saudi Arabia

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 531-540

  Okasha, T M ^a   Funk, J J ^a   Al Enezi, S M ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CARBONATES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOSITY; WELL FLOODING;

WATER SATURATION; WETTABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1842505329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81484-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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