Modeling conformance as dispersion

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Coats, Keith H ^a   Whitson, Curtis H ^b   Thomas, L Kent ^c  

^a Coats Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Upstream Technology Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TRACERS;

DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MULTICONTACT MISCIBILITY; PHYSICAL DISPERSION; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

DISPERSIONS;

CONSOLIDATION; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; MOBILITY; MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK PROPERTY; TRACER;

EID: 62749134953     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90390-pa     Document Type: Article

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