Scaling spontaneous imbibition of water data accounting for fluid viscosities

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Standnes, Dag Chun ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

New dimensionless time; Spontaneous imbibition; Viscosity scaling group; Washburn equation

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS SCALING; DRIVING MECHANISM; DUAL POROSITY; FLUID VISCOSITY; MATRIX; MATRIX BLOCKS; NEW DIMENSIONLESS TIME; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL RECOVERIES; SCALING GROUP; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; WASHBURN EQUATION;

FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYBUTADIENES;

VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; IMBIBITION; POROSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77956483132     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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