Testing oil saturation distribution in migration paths using MRI

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 86-87, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-245

  Yan, Jianzhao ^a   Luo, Xiaorong ^a   Wang, Weimin ^b   Chen, Fang ^c   Toussaint, Renaud ^d   Schmittbuhl, Jean ^d   Vasseur, Guy ^e   Zhang, Likuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; DICOM; Migration path; MRI; Oil saturation

Indexed keywords

DICOM; IMAGE FORMAT; IN-SITU; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE SPACES; MIGRATION PATH; OIL SATURATION; RELATIVE ERRORS; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SATURATION DISTRIBUTION; SATURATION MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPIN ECHO; WATER SATURATIONS;

CALIBRATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; IMAGING METHOD; OIL FIELD; SATURATION;

EID: 84860380013     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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