Upscaling of foam mobility control to three dimensions

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 579-597

  Li, B ^a   Hirasaki, G J ^a   Miller, C A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAM CONTROL; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OIL TANKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AVERAGE GAS SATURATION; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS SATURATION; HETEROGENEOUS PACKINGS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745685789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/99719-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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