Three-phase relative permeability and hysteresis effect during WAG process in mixed wet and low IFT systems

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 732-739

  Shahverdi, Hamidreza ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Fatemi, Mobeen ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Low interfacial tension (IFT); Near miscible; Three phase relative permeability; Water alternating gas (WAG) injection

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; COREFLOOD; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GAS-OIL SYSTEMS; HYSTERESIS EFFECT; IMBIBITION PROCESS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LOW-IFT; NEAR MISCIBLE; OIL AND GAS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; THREE PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THREE PHASE SYSTEM; WATER ALTERNATING GAS (WAG) INJECTION; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION;

ASSOCIATED GAS; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; HYSTERESIS; WATER INJECTION;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYSTERESIS; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION;

EID: 80053650809     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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