Generalized scaling approach for spontaneous imbibition: An analytical model

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Li, Kewen ^a   Home, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POROSITY; SURFACE TENSION;

GENERALIZED SCALING APPROACH; LINEAR CORRELATION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; SURFACE TENSION;

FLUID FLOW; IMBIBITION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 33745618957     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77544-pa     Document Type: Article

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