Prediction of three-phase relative permeabilities using a pore-scale network model anchored to two-phase data

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-538

  Svirsky, Dmitry ^a,b   van Dijke, M I J ^a   Sorbie, Ken S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

OIL-WET PORES; PARAMETER-FITTING PROCEDURE; PORE-SCALE NETWORK MODEL;

SANDSTONE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SANDSTONE; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

BEREA SANDSTONE; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 36148972015     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89992-pa     Document Type: Article

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