Impact of viscous fingering on the prediction of optimum WAG ratio

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-495

  Juanes, Ruben ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLVENTS; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER;

MISCIBLE FLOW; PORE VOLUMES INJECTED; VISCOUS FINGERING; WATER-SOLVENT RATIO;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 38349160159     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99721-PA     Document Type: Article

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