Permeability mapping in naturally heterogeneous sandstone cores by magnetization prepared centric-scan SPRITE

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3916-3926

  Romanenko, Konstantin ^a   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; Petroleum; Porous media; Rheology

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VELOCITY; CENTRIC-SCAN; DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS; FLOW DIRECTION; FLUID CONTENT; GRANULAR MEDIA; Q-SPACE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SANDSTONE CORES; VELOCITY FIELD;

CRUDE OIL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; VELOCITY;

CORE SAMPLES;

EID: 84868690431     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13778     Document Type: Article

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