Characterization of spontaneous water imbibition into gas-saturated rocks

SPE/AAPG Western Regional Meetings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 267-278

  Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY; WATER; WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; GAS RESERVOIRS; GAS-SATURATED ROCKS; WATER IMBIBITION;

ROCKS;

EID: 4644332132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/62552-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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