Mapping 3D pore scale fluid distributions: How rock resistivity is influenced by Wettability and Saturation history

Petrophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-117

  Kumar, Munish ^a   Sok, Rob ^b   Knackstedt, Mark A ^b   Latham, Shane ^b   Senden, Tim J ^b   Sheppard, Adrian P ^b   Varslot, Trond ^b   Arns, Christoph ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FLUID SATURATIONS; FLUID-FLUID INTERACTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; IN-SITU; PORE SCALE; PORE SPACE; RESERVOIR CORES; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RESISTIVITY RESPONSE; ROCK RESISTIVITY; ROCK STRUCTURES; ROCK TYPES; SATURATION EXPONENT; SATURATION STATE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TWO PHASE FLUID; WATER SATURATIONS;

COREMAKING; ESTIMATION; METAL RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77952359768     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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