Visualization of waterflooding through unconsolidated porous media using magnetic resonance imaging

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1993-2009

  Romero Zeron L B ^a   Li, L ^a   Ongsurakul, S ^a   Balcom, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centric scan SPRITE MRI; Immiscible displacement visualization; Magnetic resonance imaging; Unfavorable water displacement front; Water fingering; Waterflooding

Indexed keywords

CENTRIC SCAN; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; SPRITE MRI; UNFAVORABLE WATER DISPLACEMENT FRONT; WATER DISPLACEMENT; WATER FINGERING; WATERFLOODING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POROUS MATERIALS; VISUALIZATION;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 74549181289     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460802611267     Document Type: Article

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