Determining trapped gas in foam from CT images

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1162-1174

  Kil, R A ^a   Nguyen, Q P ^b   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPACITANCE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF GASES; FOAM CONTROL; GASES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WELL STIMULATION;

AQUIFER REMEDIATION; AXIAL POSITIONS; CAPACITANCE MODEL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MOBILITY CONTROL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78349282686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/124157-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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