Effect of Initial Water Saturation on Spontaneous Water Imbibition

SPE Western Regional/AAPG Pacific Section Joint Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 255-263

  Li, Kewen ^a   Chow, Kevin ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VISCOSITY;

RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; WATER IMBIBITION;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842575837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/76727-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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