Influence of wettability on petrophysical properties during imbibition in a random dense packing of equal spheres

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 19-34

  Gladkikh, Mikhail ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Finney packing; Imbibition; Network model; Relative permeability; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; IMBIBITION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE SPACE GEOMETRY; RANDOM ENSE PACKING; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SATURATION CURVE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; WETTING;

PETROLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK PROPERTY; STEADY FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 33744925425     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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