Temperature effects on the heavy oil/water relative permeabilities of carbonate rocks

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 27-42

  Sedaee Sola, Behnam ^a,b   Rashidi, Fariborz ^a   Babadagli, Tayfun ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Enhanced oil recovery; Heavy oil; Relative permeability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCKS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PRESSURE;

CARBONATES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DOLOMITE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SOURCE ROCK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 34548697964     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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