Recovery mechanisms in fractured reservoirs and field performance

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 13-17

  Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a,b,c  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Abadan Institute of Technology   (Iran)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; FRACTURE; GASES; OIL FIELDS; PERFORMANCE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURED PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; GAS INJECTION; WATER INJECTIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GAS-WATER; IMMISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; NATURAL DEPLETION; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; TWO PHASES FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; GASOLINE;

EID: 0034430162     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/00-11-DAS     Document Type: Article

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