Computer-Assisted Tomography for the Observation of Oil Displacement in Porous Media
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
- Vol. 24 (01) , 53-55
- https://doi.org/10.2118/11758-pa
Abstract
Computer-assisted tomography (CAT) is used to obtain cross-sectional images of Berea sandstone cores during oil displacement experiments. Local oil saturation averaged over an area of about 0.03 × 0.03 in. [0.8 × 0.8 mm] square is computed as a function of spatial position and time. A series of CAT scan images displaying the time evolution of the fluid distribution at one cross section are shown to illustrate the formation of viscous fingers.Keywords
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