Flow regime associated with vertical secondary migration

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-158

  Vasseur, Guy ^a   Luo, Xiaorong ^b   Yan, Jianzhao ^b   Loggia, Didier ^c   Toussaint, Renaud ^d   Schmittbuhl, Jean ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Bond number; Capillary number; Porous medium; Secondary migration; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; STRINGERS;

BOND NUMBERS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; PARAMETERS CHARACTERIZING; POROUS MEDIUM; SECONDARY MIGRATION; UPWARD VELOCITIES; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84878487890     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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