Multiphase flow in porous media: III. Oil mobilization, transverse dispersion, and wettability

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1983-October, Issue , 1983, Pages

  Mohanty, Kishore K ^a   Salter, Stephen J ^a  

^a Arco Oil and Gas Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DISPERSIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; MIXING PARAMETERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIAS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENT; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

WETTING;

EID: 84930752110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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