Fluid flow simulations on core samples containing natural fractures and stylolites

70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2008: Leveraging Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1188-1199

  Basquet, Rémy ^a   Rennan, Lars ^a   Ringen, Jon Knut ^a   Wennberg, Ole Petter ^a  

^a StatoliHydro ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE SAMPLES; ENGINEERS; FLOODS; FLOW SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; KRYPTON; SANDSTONE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; NATURAL FRACTURE; PRODUCTION PROFILES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION MODEL; SPECIAL CORE ANALYSIS; TRACER INJECTIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 71049182381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113530-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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