A single-parameter fit correlation for estimation of oil recovery from fractured water-wet reservoirs

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Standnes, Dag Chun ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aronofsky model; correlation; oil recovery; single matrix block; spontaneous imbibition

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; DUAL POROSITY; EXCHANGE RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPONENTIAL DECAY RATES; FIT PARAMETERS; MATRIX BLOCKS; MODEL CORRELATION; NEW CORRELATIONS; OIL RECOVERIES; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; TIME RECOVERY; WASHBURN EQUATION;

CORRELATION METHODS; DECAY (ORGANIC); EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

RECOVERY;

CORRELATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; POROSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 77049096014     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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