Feasibility study of WAG injection in naturally fractured reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 968-977

  Heeremans, J C ^a   Esmaiel, T E H ^a   Van Kruijsdijk, C P J W ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY (IOR); WATER ALTERNATING GAS (WAG) INJECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 33745727998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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