Laboratory investigation of thermally-assisted gas-oil gravity drainage for secondary and tertiary oil recovery in fractured models

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Nabipour, M ^a   Escrochi, M ^a   Ayatollahi, S ^a,b   Boukadi, F ^c   Wadhahi, M ^b   Maamari, R ^b   Bemani, A ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Fractured reservoirs; Gas injection; GOGD; Thermal enhanced oil recovery

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; GAS-OIL GRAVITY DRAINAGE;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; TERTIARY RECOVERY; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; TERTIARY RECOVERY; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

CARBONATE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODEL; OIL PRODUCTION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 33845864997     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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