From concept to pilot to full-field implementation: A new EOR process for the Prudhoe Bay field

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 516-538

  McGuire, P L ^a   Canni, F H ^a   Ambrose, J G ^a   Yancey, A N ^a   Panda, M N ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS-OIL RATIOS (GOR); GRAVITY DRAINAGE; MISCIBLE GAS; MISCIBLE INJECTANT (MI);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SANDSTONE;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 33750984541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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