Non-Darcy flow in oil accumulation (oil displacing water) and relative permeability and oil saturation characteristics of low-permeability sandstones

Petroleum Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-30

  Zeng, Jianhui ^a   Cheng, Shiwei ^a   Kong, Xu ^a,b   Guo, Kai ^a   Wang, Hongyu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Low permeability sandstone; Non Darcy flow; Oil saturation; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049114263     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-010-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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