Predicting the effect of continued gas enrichment above the MME on oil recovery in enriched hydrocarbon gas floods

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 51-59

  Stalkup, Fred ^a  

^a ARCO Explor and Prod Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FLOODS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXING; OIL WELL FLOODING; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLUBILITY;

COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY ENRICHMENTS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; PHYSICAL DISPERSION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM;

GASES; ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CONTINUED GAS ENRICHMENT; GAS OIL TRANSITION ZONE; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY ENRICHMENT;

EID: 0031631771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/48949-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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