Effect of dispersion on local displacement efficiency for multicomponent enriched-gas floods above the minimum miscibility enrichment

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-10

  Johns, R T ^a   Sah, P ^a   Solano, R ^a  

^a ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; HYDROCARBON MISCIBLE FLOOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MISCIBILITY; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036122259     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/75806-PA     Document Type: Article

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