Investigation of thermal Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage (GOGD) in fractured carbonate reservoirs

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1119-1124

  Ayatollahi, S ^a,b   Boukadi, F ^a   Wadhahi, M ^a   Maamari, R ^a   Bemani, A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED CARBONATE; GAS FLOODING; GAS INJECTION; OIL SATURATION; THERMAL GAS-OIL GRAVITY DRAINAGE (GOGD);

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATES; DRAINAGE; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL FLOODING; POROSITY; RESIDUAL FUELS; SOLUBILITY; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 22244456782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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