Injection strategies to overcome gravity segregation in simultaneous gas and liquid injection into homogeneous reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 820-835

  Rossen, W R ^a   Van Duijn, C J ^b   Nguyen, Q P ^a   Vikingstad, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPEST PENETRATION; GAS-LIQUID FLOW; INJECTION RATE; VOLUMETRIC RATES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAM CONTROL; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POROUS MATERIALS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745700055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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