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Oil Viscosity Selection for Unsteady State Relative Permeability Tests? | Ask PERM
Marko Asks PERM: Hi, I like your site very much and especially the Fundamentals of fluid flow paper. I hope that you can answer me one question regarding the oil viscosity selection for the unsteady state [...]
Ensuring Capillary Contact in Porous Plate Drainage Measurements using Impedance | Ask PERM
Joseph Asks PERM: Dear Sir/Madam, In Drainage Capillary pressure measurements using porous plate, how will you ensure that there is enough/good capillary contact between the core plug sample and porous plate? In most cases labs uses [...]
Should Slim Tube Tests Use Reservoir Rock? | Ask PERM
Ehab Asks PERM: My question is related to the Slim Tube Test procedure and here it is; The porous media which fills the coiled tube through it the oil and solvent passes. Should this porous media [...]
What is the Effect on Trapping of Oil Drop in a Pore Doublet Throat When Oil Viscosity is High? | Ask PERM
Aya asks PERM: What will happen if viscosity of oil was not equal to viscosity of water , what is the general effect on trapping of oil drop in a pore doublet throat if the [...]
2016 Training Course Schedule for Engineers, Geologist and Petrophysicists, etc
(Calgary, AB) - January 13, 2016 - PERM Inc.'s 2016 schedule for training classes is listed below. These are 2-day courses hosted in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that are well suited for Geologists, Engineers and Petrophysicists [...]
Alberta Grant Subsidizes 66% of Training Program
(Calgary, AB) - January 12, 2016 - PERM Inc. has discovered a grant available from the Alberta government, called the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, that can help subsidize up to 66% of a training program cost (up [...]
General Rules of Thumb for Picking Injection Rates in a Core Flood? | Ask PERM
Binu Asks PERM: Dear sir, I am planning to conduct a core flood experiment using a restored core of 7 cm length, 3 cm diameter, 14% porosity and liquid permeability of 50 mD. The PV of [...]
Examples where JBN is Applied on Experimental Data with Constant Rate and Variable Pressure Drops? | Ask PERM
Mamudu Asks PERM: Dear Sir/Madam, Can I get material from you that has detailed work examples where JBN is applied on experimental data with constant rate and variable pressure drops? Thank you for your anticipated assistance. [...]
How to Calculate Water Saturation After Trimming a Plug? | Ask PERM
Julie Asks PERM: After re-trimming, is the water saturation just obtained by the subtraction of the volume of the initial plug to the re-trimmed plug? What I mean is, As, Sw=Vw/Vpore Sw: water saturation Vw: volume [...]
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