Shear rate and permeability in water flooding

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Reuvers, Nico ^a   Golombok, Michael ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Permeability; Shear rate; Water flooding

Indexed keywords

BASE FLUID PROPERTIES; NON-NEWTONIAN; OIL RECOVERIES; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MATRIX; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR-INDUCED STRUCTURES; WATER BREAKTHROUGH; WATER FLOODING;

CAPILLARITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PERMEABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 68349133366     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-008-9313-x     Document Type: Article

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