Mechanistic foam flow simulation in heterogeneous and multidimensional porous media

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-526

  Kovscek, Anthony R ^a,b,c,d   Patzek, Tadeusz W ^c,e,f   Radke, Clayton J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Shell Western E and P   (United States)

^f SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AQUIFER REMEDIATION; FOAMED GASES; GAS MOBILITY CONTROL; THERMAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 0031337622     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/39102-PA     Document Type: Article

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