Supercritical CO2 core flooding and imbibition in Berea sandstone - CT imaging and numerical simulation

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 5001-5008

  Shi, Ji Quan ^a   Xue, Ziqiu ^b,c   Durucan, Sevket ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Berea sandstone; Imbibition; Numerical modelling; X ray CT imaging

Indexed keywords

AIR; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CURVE FITTING; FLOODS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL WELL FLOODING; SANDSTONE; TESTING;

BEREA SANDSTONE; CORE FLOODING TEST; FLUID SATURATIONS; IMBIBITION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SATURATION PROFILES; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955365491     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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