Method to evaluate the potential of water injection in naturally fractured reservoirs

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 699-709

  Li, Kewen ^a,b   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Imbibition rate; Potential of water injection; Spontaneous water imbibition; The Geysers

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; COUNTER CURRENT; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GEYSERS GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; INJECTABILITY; LIQUID INJECTIONS; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; POTENTIAL OF WATER INJECTION; SPONTANEOUS WATER IMBIBITION; WATER IMBIBITION; WATER SATURATIONS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEYSERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS;

WATER INJECTION;

BEREA SANDSTONE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMBIBITION;

CALIFORNIA; GEYSERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953873674     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9473-3     Document Type: Article

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