Quantitative estimates of oil losses during migration, part II: Measurement of the residual oil saturation in migration pathways

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-189

  Luo, X R ^a   Yan, J Z ^a   Zhou, B ^a   Hou, P ^a   Wang, W ^b   Vasseur, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Hele Shawcell; Migration pathways; NMRI; Oil losses; Oil saturation; Secondary migration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EXPERIMENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESONANCE;

ARTIFICIAL MEDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES; GLASS BEADS; GRAIN SIZES; LARGE GRAINS; LARGE PORES; MIGRATION PATHWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (NMRI); OIL SATURATIONS; OILFIELDS; PORE THROATS; POROUS MEDIUMS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION (SOR); RESIDUAL OILS; RESIDUAL SATURATION;

MINE FLOODING;

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL FIELD; OIL SUPPLY; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE;

EID: 47749147283     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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