The influence of interfacial tension on water/oil two-phase relative permeability

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 53-60

  Shen, P ^a   Zhu, B ^b   Li, X B ^b   Wu, Y S ^c  

^a Packers Plus Energy Services

^b PetroChina ^*  (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WATER-OIL TWO-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33745714558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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