High Resolution Imaging of Unstable, Forced Imbibition in Berea Sandstone

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 617-634

  Tang, G Q ^a   Kovscek, A R ^b  

^a Chevron ETC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory studies; Unstable flows; Water injection; X ray CT scanning

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IN-SITU; INJECTION RATES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MOBILITY RATIOS; OIL VISCOSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; UNSTABLE FLOWS; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VISCOUS FINGERS; WATER FINGER; WATER FLOOD; WATER FRONT; WATER INJECTION RATE; WATER SATURATIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY; X RAYS;

WATER INJECTION;

BEREA SANDSTONE; IMAGING METHOD; IMBIBITION; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79953220730     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9643-3     Document Type: Article

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