Measuring capillary pressure tells more than pretty pictures

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 641-653

  Pagels, Markus ^a   Hinkel, Jerald J ^b   Willberg, Dean M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Hinkel and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTURE; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GONIOMETERS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROLLING RESISTANCE; TEXTURES; WETTING;

DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING TREATMENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SATURATION DEPENDENTS; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; WETTING CHARACTERISTICS;

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EID: 84861398873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/151729-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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