Multiphase-flow properties of fractured porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 197-213

  Rangel German, Edgar ^a   Akin, Serhat ^b   Castanier, Louis ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Computerized tomography; Fracture; Multiphase flow; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

FLUID SATURATION; FRACTURE CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY; FRACTURED SANDSTONE SYSTEMS; OIL-WATER DRAINAGE DISPLACEMENT; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; WATER-AIR IMBIBITION;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; IMBIBITION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 33646102442     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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