Effect of oil viscosity on heavy-oil/water relative permeability curves

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 766-774

  Wang, J ^a   Dong, M ^a   Asghari, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; HEAVY OIL-WATER SYSTEMS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33745700070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/99763-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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