3D in-situ fluid distribution imaging at the pore scale as a new tool for multiphase flow studies

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 4271-4282

  Youssef, S ^a   Bauer, D ^a   Bekri, S ^a   Rosenberg, E ^a   Vizika, O ^a  

^a IFP ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL PORE SYSTEM; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FLUID SATURATIONS; GREY LEVELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; MICRO CELL; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MONOMODAL; PORE GEOMETRY; PORE SCALE; RE-DISTRIBUTION; SATURATION PROFILES; TOTAL POROSITY;

EXPERIMENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUIDS;

EID: 78651106782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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