Microscopic mechanisms of oil recovery by near-miscible gas injection

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-367

  Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Danesh, Ali ^a   Tehrani, Dabir H ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas injection; Micromodel; Near miscible; Pore scale mechanisms; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

GAS FLOODING; HIGH-PRESURE GLASS MICROMODELS; NEAR-MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; PHASE MOBILIZATION; PORE-LEVEL MECHANISMS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOODING; FLUID INJECTION; GAS FLOW; MODELING; THREE PHASE FLOW;

EID: 40049112793     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9154-z     Document Type: Article

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