Temperature effects on the oil relative permeability during tertiary gas oil gravity drainage (GOGD)

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 977-983

  Ayatollahi, Shahab ^a,c   Lashanizadegan, A ^b   Kazemi, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CALCULATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESIDUAL FUELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

GAS OIL GRAVITY DRAINAGE (GOGD); GRAVITY ASSISTED GAS INJECTION; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; WATERFLOOD RESIDUAL OIL; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

GAS OILS;

EID: 20544434617     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0499473     Document Type: Article

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