Mapping fluid distributions in 3D at the pore scale: Quantifying the influence of wettability and saturation history on rock resistivity

SPWLA 50th Annual Logging Symposium 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Munish ^a   Sok, Rob ^a   Knackstedt, Mark A ^a   Latham, Shane ^a   Senden, Tim J ^a   Sheppard, Adrian P ^a   Varslot, Trond ^a   Arns, Christoph ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; MINERALS; TOMOGRAPHY; WETTING;

DIRECT VISUALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; FLUID-FLUID INTERACTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; MULTI-PHASE FLOW PROPERTIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RESISTIVITY RESPONSE;

ROCKS;

EID: 85055479813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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