Generalized capillary pressure and relative permeability model inferred from fractal characterization of porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 363-372

  Li, Kewen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MERCURY (METAL); PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 22044441129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/89874-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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