Simulation of surfactant-aided gravity drainage in fractured carbonates

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 246-251

  Adibhatia, B ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; OIL PRODUCTION; RECOVERY RATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

CARBONATES;

EID: 34249005241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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