Transport of organic components from immobile and bypassed oil in porous media

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1085-1094

  Huseby, O ^a   Haugan, A ^a   Sagen, J ^a   Muller, J ^a   Bennett, B ^b   Larter, S ^b   Kikkinides, E S ^c   Stubos, A K ^d   Yousefian, F ^e   Thovert, J F ^e   Adler, P M ^f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e Lab de Combustion et de Detonique   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DRILLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHASE INTERFACES; WATER INJECTION;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR OILS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDROCARBON; OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POROUS MEDIUM;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRILL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OIL INDUSTRY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOLUTE;

EID: 0038625450     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490504     Document Type: Article

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