Theory of multicontact miscible displacement with nitrogen

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-278

  Dindoruk, Birol ^a   Orr Jr , Franklin M ^a   Johns, Russell T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; METHANE; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY;

METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS (MOC); MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE (MMP); MULTICONTACT MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 0031234659     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30771-pa     Document Type: Article

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