From simulator to field management: Optimum WAG application in a West Texas CO2 Flood - A case history

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 319-328

  Sharma, Arun K ^a   Clements, Lucille E ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; DATA COLLECTION PROCESS; INTEGRATED SOFTWARE; OPERATING POLICIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; WATER ALTERNATING GAS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

CARBON DIOXIDE FLOODING; WATER ALTERNATING GAS CYCLES;

EID: 0029748103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36711-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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