Influence of oil saturation and wettability on rock resistivity measurements: A uniform pore-scale approach

SPWLA 46th Annual Logging Symposium 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Toumelin, E ^a   Torres Verdin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SOLVENTS; WETTING;

DC ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; GEOMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY;

ROCKS;

EID: 84996492869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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