Experiments and analysis of multiscale viscous fingering during forced imbibition

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1142-1159

  Sharma, Jyotsna ^a   Inwood, S B ^b   Kovscek, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOUS FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT PATTERNS; FUNCTIONAL RELATION; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; INTERFACE MOVEMENT; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; VISCOUS INSTABILITY; VISUALIZATION IMAGES;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 84871765771     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/143946-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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