Relative permeability measurements of composite cores - An experimental approach

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-736

  Zekri, Abdulrazag Y ^a   Almehaideb, Reyadh A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Composite core; Permeability; Residual oil saturation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CARBONATE MINERALS; FLOODS; FLOW PATTERNS;

CAPILLARY END-EFFECT; COMPOSITE CORE; HUPPLER'S CRITERIA; RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY;

EID: 33745550108     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-200041185     Document Type: Article

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