Numerical simulation study on surfactant flooding for low permeability oilfield in the condition of threshold pressure

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 492-498

  YIN, Dai yin ^a   PU, Hui ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

low permeability; non Darcy flow; numerical simulation; surfactant; threshold pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LOW PERMEABILITY; NON-DARCY FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SURFACTANT; THRESHOLD PRESSURE GRADIENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 51049118756     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60085-2     Document Type: Article

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