Pore network modeling of water block in low permeability reservoirs

Petroleum Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-366

  Shao, Changjin ^a   Yang, Zhenqing ^a   Zhou, Guanggang ^a   Lu, Guiwu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Low permeability; Pore network model; Relative permeability number; Water block; Wettability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955204338     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-010-0078-9     Document Type: Article

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