Efficiency of miscible displacement in fractured porous media

2006 SPE Western Regional AAPG Pacific Section/GSA Cordilleran Section Joint Meeting

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 178-191

  Trivedi, J J ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIMENSIONLESS GROUP; FRACTURE DIFFUSION INDEX (FDI); NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS (NFR); OIL RECOVERY;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 33745700080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/100411-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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