Scale up methodology for wettability modification in fractured carbonates

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 315-329

  Deishad, Mojdeh ^a   Najafabadi, Nariman Fathi ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; COMPLEX PROCESSES; COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; DIMENSIONLESS SCALING; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD SCALE; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; KEY RECOVERY; LABORATORY SCALE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RECOVERIES; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; REFERENCE TIME; RESERVOIR DATA; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RISK OF FAILURE; SCALE-UP; SIMULATION TOOL; TIME DEPENDENCE; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION; UPSCALING; VISCOUS FORCES; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

BUOYANCY; CARBONATES; EMULSIFICATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LABORATORIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROFITABILITY; SIMULATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

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EID: 70449405065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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