Mapping of foam mobility in porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-132

  Nguyen, Quoc P ^a   Currie, Peter K ^a   Buijse, Marten ^b   Zitha, Pacelli L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Foams; Mobility distribution; Permeability reduction; Porous media; Stationary gas; Tracer gas; X ray Computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

FOAM MOBILITY; MOBILITY DISTRIBUTION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; STATIONARY GAS; TRACER GAS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FOAMS; MAPPING; NITROGEN; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; FOAMS; MAPPING; NITROGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

FOAM; MOBILITY; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TRACER;

EID: 34447637946     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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