Modeling the effect of viscosity ratio on spontaneous imbibition

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2646-2665

  Fischer, H ^a   Wo, S ^a   Morrow, N R ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERAL OILS; RADIAL FLOW; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

IMBIBITION DATA; IMBIBITION TIME; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; VISCOSITY RATIO;

VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33750997303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/102641-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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