Multiscale pore-network representation of heterogeneous carbonate rocks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 5433-5441

  Pak, Tannaz ^a,b,c   Butler, Ian B ^a,b   Geiger, Sebastian ^b,d   van Dijke, Marinus I J ^b,d   Jiang, Zeyun ^b,d   Surmas, Rodrigo ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carbonate rocks; multiscale pore network models; X ray computed microtomography imaging

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBONATE ROCK; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MERCURY INJECTION CAPILLARY PRESSURES; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PORE SIZE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE ROCK; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGING METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNITUDE; SAMPLING; SATURATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84978695890     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016WR018719     Document Type: Article

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