An experimental and numerical investigation of crossflow effects in two-phase displacements

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-226

  Cinar, Yildiray ^a   Jessen, Kristian ^b   Berenblyum, Roman ^c   Juanes, Ruben ^d   Orr, Franklin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rogaland Research Center   (Denmark)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CROSSFLOW EFFECTS; TWO PHASE DISPLACEMENTS;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745841189     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90568-PA     Document Type: Article

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