Physically based capillary pressure correlation for mixed-wet reservoirs from a bundle-of-tubes model

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-180

  Helland, Johan O ^a   Skjœveland, Svein M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BUNDLE-OF-TUBES MODEL; CAPILLARY PRESSURE CORRELATION; MIXED-WET RESERVOIRS; WETTABILITY;

PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33745829454     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89428-PA     Document Type: Article

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