Experimental and numerical study of water/gas imbibition phenomena in vuggy carbonates

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Egermann, Patrick ^a,b   Laroche, Catherine ^a   Manceau, Emmanuel ^d   Delamaide, Eric ^c   Bourbiaux, Bernard ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^c IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS CARBONATE FIELDS; GAS IMBIBITION; WATER BREAKTHROUGH; WATER IMBIBITION;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE ROCK; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE; GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 33947194184     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89421-pa     Document Type: Article

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