Three-phase flow in porous media: Wettability effect on residual saturations during gravity drainage and tertiary waterflood

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1349-1362

  Caubit, C ^a   Bertin, H ^a   Hamon, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b TOTAL

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GAMMA RAYS; GRAVITATION; POROUS MATERIALS; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

GRAVITY DRAINAGE; TERTIARY WATERFLOOD; THREE-PHASE FLOW; WATER ALTERNATING GAS PROCESS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 22044444151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/90099-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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