Effect of injection rate, initial water saturation and gravity on water injection in slightly water-wet fractured porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 293-308

  Karimaie, H ^a   Torsaeter O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cocurrent; Countercurrent; Fractured reservoirs; Imbibition; Inverse bond number; Wettability

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED CARBONATE ROCKS; INVERSE BOND NUMBER; WATER SATURATION; WATER-WET FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA;

CAPILLARITY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE ROCK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIMESTONE; OIL PRODUCTION; OUTCROP; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 34447633726     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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