Gas-water counter-current capillary imbibition at different temperatures

SPE Western Regional Meeting, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 371-384

  Babadagli, T ^a   Hatiboglu, C U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

LIQUID-LIQUID INTERACTIONS; MATRIX SHAPE FACTOR; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 22344443702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93882-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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