Experimental and numerical investigation of one-dimensional waterflood in porous reservoir

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Hadia, N ^a   Chaudhari, L ^a   Aggarwal, A ^a   Mitra, Sushanta K ^a   Vinjamur, M ^a   Singh, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Core flooding; Oil recovery; Relative permeability; Saturation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CORE FLOODING; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 35748981499     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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