Relative permeability and trapping of CO 2 and water in sandstone rocks at reservoir conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Krevor, Samuel C M ^a,b   Pini, Ronny ^a   Zuo, Lin ^a   Benson, Sally M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; BEREA SANDSTONE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; CORE FLOODING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FLUID SYSTEMS; IMBIBITION PROCESS; MULTI-PHASE FLOW PROPERTIES; NONMONOTONIC; OIL/WATER; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; STEADY-STATE METHOD; WATER-WET SYSTEMS; WETTING PROPERTY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CLAY MINERALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SANDSTONE; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; ILLITE; IMBIBITION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SATURATION; WETTING;

EID: 84857812596     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010859     Document Type: Article

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