Influence of initial water saturation on recovery by spontaneous imbibition in gas/water/rock systems and the calculation of relative permeability

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Li, Kewen ^a,b   Chow, Kevin ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY; VISCOSITY;

IMBIBITION; WATER SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; VISCOSITY;

IMBIBITION; PERMEABILITY; RECOVERY;

EID: 33745594321     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99329-pa     Document Type: Article

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