Light-oil air-injection performance: Sensitivity to critical parameters

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3433-3443

  Adetunji, L A ^a,b,c,d   Teigland, R ^a,c   Kleppe, J ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Texas Tech U   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; LIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS; LIGHT-OIL AIR-INJECTION;

HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; POROSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33644808507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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