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  W. Val Pinczewski ( Reservoir Engineering and Improved Recovery )

 
 

Qualifications

  • BE (Chemical Engineering) - University of Newcastle, Australia
  • PhD (Chemical Engineering) - University of New South Wales, Australia
Affiliations
  • Member of SPE
Research Interests
  • Miscible and Immiscible Gas Flooding
  • Numerical Network Models for Three-Phase Flow
  • Three Phase Relative Permeabilties
  • High Pressure Glass Micromodel Studies
Selected Publications
  • Kagan M. and Pinczewski W.V. Menesci in a Wedge and Slit for Incomplete Wetting Conditions. Journal Colloid & Interface Science to appear (1999).
  • Knackstedt M.A., Sheppard A.P., and Pinczewski W.V. Simulation of Mercury Porosimetry on Correlated Grids. Phys. Rev.E. American Institute of Physics, USA, R6923-R6926, No.58 (1999).
  • Kagan M and Pinczewski W.V. Meniscus and contact angle in an eye-shaped capillary. Journal Colloid & Interface Science, Journal Colloid & Interface Science. Academic Press, USA, 379-382, No.203 (1998).
  • Paterson L, Painter S, Zhang X and Pinczewski W.V. Simulating residual saturation and relative permeability in heterogeneous formations, SPE Journal Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA, 211-218, No.3 (1998).
  • Kagan, M. Stevenson M.D. and Pinczewski, W.V. Evaluation of the Low Energy Value for the Adsorption Energy Distribution Function, Journal Colloid & Interface Science, 190, 258-260, (1997).
  • Paterson L., Lee J.-Y., and Pinczewski W.V. Three-Phase Relative Permeability in Heterogeneous Formations, SPE 38882, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, San Antonio, 5-8 October (1997).
  • Pereira G.G., Pinczewski, W.V., Paterson L., Chan D.Y.C. and Oren, P.E. Pore-Scale Network Model for Drainage Dominated Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media, Transport in Porous Media, 24, 167-201 (1996).
  • Kagan, M. and Pinczewski, W.V. Meniscus in a Narrow Slit, Journal Colloid & Interface Science, 180, 293-295 (1996).
  • Paterson L., Painter S., Knackstedt M.A., and Pinczewski W.V. Pattern of Fluid Flow in Naturally Heterogeneous Rocks, Physica A, 233,619-628 (1996)
  • Paterson L., Painter S., Zhang Xiadong., and Pinczewski W.V. Simulation of Multiphase Flow in Naturally Heterogeneous Rocks, 5th. European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Leoben, Austria Sept. 3-6 (1996).
  • Paterson, L., Painter, S., Zhang, X. and Pinczewski, W.V. Simulating residual saturation and relative permeability in heterogeneous formations, SPE 36523, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Denver, 6-9 October (1996).
  • Kagan, M., Pinczewski, W.V., and Oren, P.E. Two-Dimensional Meniscus in a Wedge, Journal Colloid & Interface Science, 170, 426-431 (1995).
  • Oren, P.E. and Pinczewski, W.V. Fluid Distribution and Pore-Scale Displacement Mechanisms in Drainage Three-Phase Flow, Transport in Porous Media, 20 105-133 (1995).
  • Oren, P.E., Billiotte, J., and Pinczewski, W.V. Pore-Scale Network Modelling of Waterflood Residual Oil Recovery by Immiscible Gas Flooding, SPE paper 27814, 1994 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, April 17-20, Tulsa (1994).
  • Oren, P.E., Billiotte, J., and Pinczewski, W.V. Pore-Scale Network Modelling of Waterflood Residual Oil Recovery by Immiscible Gas Flooding, SPE paper 27814, 1994 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, April 17-20, Tulsa (1994).


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The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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Email:v.pinczewski@unsw.edu.au
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