An analytical scaling method for spontaneous imbibition in gas/water/rock systems

SPE Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 322-329

  Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

INITIAL WATER SATURATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SPONTANEOUS WATER IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 4744341374     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88996-PA     Document Type: Article

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