Three-phase measurements of oil and gas trapping in sand packs

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1535-1542

  Al Mansoori, Saleh K ^a   Iglauer, Stefan ^a   Pentland, Christopher H ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; Initial gas saturation; Residual gas saturation; Saturation; Three phase system; Unconsolidated media

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; INITIAL GAS SATURATION; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; SATURATION; THREE-PHASE SYSTEM; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; ION BEAMS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GAS; OIL; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SATURATION; THREE PHASE FLOW; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 70249141565     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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