A survey of North Sea enhanced-oil-recovery projects initiated during the years 1975 to 2005

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-512

  Awan, A R ^a,b,c   Teigland, R ^a   Kleppe, J ^b  

^a NTNU

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c StatoilHydro

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL FIELDS;

ECONOMICAL EVALUATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; UK CONTINENTAL SHELVES; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 48749086991     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99546-pa     Document Type: Review

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