A new generation chemical-flooding simulator

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-216

  John, Abraham ^a   Han, Choongyong ^b   Delshad, Modeh ^b   Pope, Gary A ^b   Sepehmoori, Kamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY DESATURATION; COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT PHASE BEHAVIOR;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22544479119     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89436-PA     Document Type: Article

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