Mechanistic basis for hysteresis in multiphase transport properties

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 81-88

  Gladkikh, M N ^a   Bryant, S L ^b   Herrick, D C ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; MECHANISTIC MODELING OF FLUID DISPLACEMENT; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; RESISTIVITY INDEX;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 33745700506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/95738-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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