Accurate Modelling of Pore-Scale Films and Layers for Three-Phase Flow Processes in Clastic and Carbonate Rocks with Arbitrary Wettability

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-286

  Al Dhahli, Adnan ^a   van Dijke, Marinus I J ^a   Geiger, Sebastian ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Enhanced oil recovery; Pore network modelling; Relative permeability; Three phase flow; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; PHYSICALLY-BASED SIMULATION; PORE-SCALE NETWORK MODELS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THREE-PHASE FLOW; THREE-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; FORECASTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOPOLOGY; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CLASTIC ROCK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW MODELING; LAYERED MEDIUM; MODEL VALIDATION; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; SATURATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE PHASE FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84878475192     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-013-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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