Investigation of porosity and permeability impairment in sandstones by X-ray analysis and simulation

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-395

  Iscan, A G ^a   Kok, M V ^b   Civan, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Formation damage; Permeability; Porosity; Water based drilling fluid; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CORE SAMPLES; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; MATLAB; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

DIGITAL IMAGES; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIES; FINES MIGRATIONS; FORMATION DAMAGE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIAS; SANDSTONE CORES; TIME INTERVALS; TWO PARAMETERS; WATER-BASED DRILLING FLUID; X-RAY IMAGING;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 61549089262     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701468084     Document Type: Article

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