Time scaling of rates of produced fluids in laboratory displacements

SPE Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-46

  Laroche, Catherine ^a   Chen, Min ^b   Yortsos, Yannis C ^b   Kamath, Jairam ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP;

BURGERS EQUATIONS; LABORATORY DISPLACEMENT; PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME SCALING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 1942517815     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87677-pa     Document Type: Article

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