New normalization index for spontaneous imbibition

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-139

  Pordel Shahri, M ^a   Jamialahmadi, M ^a   Shadizadeh, S R ^a  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fracture reservoir; Normalization Index; Recovery rate; Scaling equation; Spontaneous imbibition; Wettability Index

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE RESERVOIRS; NORMALIZATION INDEX; RECOVERY RATE; SCALING EQUATION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY INDEX;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMBIBITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK PROPERTY; SURFACTANT; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84857463451     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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