Experimental and numerical study of water-gas imbibition phenomena in vuggy carbonates

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Egermann, P ^a   Laroche, C ^a   Manceau, E ^a   Delamaide, E ^b   Bourbiaux, B ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b IFP Technologies Inc   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FLOW FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY; TIGHT GAS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; PETRO-PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875655319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89421-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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