Quantifying trapped residual oil in reservoir core material at the pore scale: Exploring the role of displacement rate, saturation history and wettability

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2009, IPTC 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3287-3291

  Kumar, M ^a   Middleton, J P ^a   Sheppard, A P ^a   Senden, T J ^a   Knackstedt, M A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Digital Core Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PORE STRUCTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WETTING;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; HYDROCARBON SATURATION; MICROSCOPIC DISTRIBUTION; OIL RECOVERY MECHANISMS; ORIGINAL HYDROCARBON IN PLACES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952417759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-14001-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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