Displacement efficiency of supercritical CO2 flooding in tight carbonate rocks under immiscible conditions

Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1012-1025

  Almehaideb, R A ^a,b   Shedid, S A ^a,b   Zekri, A Y ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

CARBONATE ROCKS; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; IMMISCIBLE CONDITIONS; OIL SATURATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33947222448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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