Micro-PIV: A new technology for pore scale flow characterization in micromodels

67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts

Volumn 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005: The Challenge of Discovery. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 933-940

  Perrin, C L ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a   Tardy, P M J ^b   Crawshaw, J P ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; WELL FLOODING;

COMPLEX FLUID FLOW; ETCHED MICROMODELS; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS (WAG) INJECTION; WETTABILITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33645120280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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