A model of oil ganglion movement in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1981-October, Issue , 1981, Pages

  Egbogah, Emmanuel O ^a   Wright, Robert J ^b   Dawe, Richard A ^b  

^a United Petrol Laboratories Ltd ^*  (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BALANCE OF FORCE; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; OIL DROPLETS; OIL GANGLIA; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RELEVANT FEATURES; SPHERE MODEL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84974451598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/10115-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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