Viscosity effects in vibratory mobilization of residual oil

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Beresnev, Igor A ^a   Deng, Wen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SEISMOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CORE-ANNULAR FLOW; EQUATION OF MOTION; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; VIBRATORY MOBILIZATION; VISCOSITY EFFECTS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEISMIC WAVE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84864158179     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3429999     Document Type: Article

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