Visualizing and quantifying the residual phase distribution in core material

Petrophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 323-332

  Kumar, Munish ^a   Senden, Tim J ^b   Sheppard, Adrian P ^b   Middleton, Jill P ^b   Knackstedt, Mark A ^a  

^a Digitalcore Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE MATERIAL; DISPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; MICROSCOPIC DISTRIBUTION; NETWORK-BASED; ORIGINAL HYDROCARBON IN PLACES; PORE SCALE; PORE SPACE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RECOVERY PROCESS; RESERVOIR CORES; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESIDUAL FLUIDS; RESIDUAL OIL; RESIDUAL PHASE; SATURATION STATE; SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COREMAKING; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

RECOVERY;

EID: 78449305344     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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