Determination of gas trapping with foam using X-ray CT and effluent analysis

SPE - European Formation Damage Conference, Proceedings, EFDC

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 455-473

  Nguyen, Q P ^a,b   Rossen, W R ^b   Zitha, P L J ^a   Currie, P K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; BRINES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFLUENTS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FOAMS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RHEOLOGY; VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BENTHEIM SANDSTONES; GAS TRAPPING; GAS VISCOSITY; TRACER CONCENTRATIONS;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 22344434291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/94764-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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