An experimental investigation of three-phase flow of water-oil-gas mixtures through water-wet sandstones

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE California Regional Meeting, CRM 1982

Volumn , Issue , 1982, Pages 455-460

  Saraf, Deoki N ^a   Batycky, James P ^a   Jackson, Clive H ^a   Fisher, Douglas B ^a  

^a Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; GAS MIXTURES; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR EXPLOITATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STEADY-STATE MEASUREMENTS; THREE-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

GASES;

EID: 85033283480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/10761-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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