Mobilization of remaining oil - Emphasis on capillary number and wnttability

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2nd International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 470-475

  Johannesen, Else B ^a   Graue, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOTT INDEX; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; OIL RECOVERY; OIL SATURATION;

SANDSTONE; VISCOUS FLOW; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 36248934230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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