Evaluation of three-phase relative permeability models for WAG injection using water-wet and mixed-wet core flood experiments

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3147-3163

  Shahverdi, H ^a   Sohrabi, M ^a   Fatemi, M ^a   Jamiolahmady, M ^a   Irelan, S ^a   Robertson, G ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; FORECASTING; GASES; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER INJECTION;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; COREFLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; HYSTERESIS MODELS; IMPROVED MODELS; LOW-IFT; OIL INDUSTRIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; THREE-PHASE FLOW; THREE-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION;

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EID: 80052490483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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