Possible alteration of tight limestone rocks properties and the effect of water shielding on the performance of supercritical CO2 flooding for carbonate formation

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 156-170

  Zekri, Abdulrazag Y ^a   Shedid, Shedid A ^b   Almehaideb, Reyadh A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Terra Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE ROCKS; OIL RECOVERY; OIL/WATER INTERFACIAL TENSIONS (IFT); RESERVOIR CONDITION COREFLOODS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

ROCKS;

EID: 34250901700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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