Cost Reduction and Injectivity Improvements for CO 2 Foams for Mobility Control

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 523-531

  Grigg, Reid B ^a   Tsau, Jyun Syung ^b   Martin, F David ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Dave Martin and Associates Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; MOBILITY CONTROL;

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642517100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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