Dedolomitization and reservoir quality: Insights from reactive transport modelling

Geofluids

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-231

  Escorcia, L C ^a   Gomez Rivas, E ^b   Daniele, L ^c   Corbella, M ^c  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcitization; Dedolomitization; Porosity; Reactive transport; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE ROCK; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 84877630679     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12023     Document Type: Article

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