Quantifying uncertainty in flow functions derived from SCAL data: USS Relative permeability and capillary pressure

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-286

  Subbey, Samuel ^a   Monfared, H ^b,c   Christie, M ^c   Sambridge, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buckley Leverett; Capillary pressure; Heterogeneous reservoir; Oil recovery potential; Relative permeability; Uncertainty; Unsteady state

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIR; OIL RECOVERY POTENTIAL; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; RECOVERY METHOD; TWO PHASE FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751084579     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-005-5998-2     Document Type: Article

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