Characterization of single-phase flow through carbonate rocks: Quantitative comparison of NMR flow propagator measurements with a realistic pore network model

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-315

  Zhao, Weishu ^a   Picard, Guillemette ^b   Leu, Gabriela ^a   Singer, Philip M ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

^c Branch of Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbonates; NMR flow propagator; Pore network model; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; CARBONATE ROCK; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ARRIVAL; LOW-FIELD NMR; MICRO CT; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE NETWORK MODEL; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SPACE; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS NETWORKS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SATURATED ROCK; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TIME-DELAY MECHANISMS;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METAL RECOVERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; TIME DELAY;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALGORITHM; CARBONATE ROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELD; FLUID FLOW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 76149136024     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9402-5     Document Type: Article

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