Flow visualization of waterflooding with horizontal and vertical wells

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1835-1851

  Santhosh, V ^a   Mitra, S K ^b   Vinjamur, M ^a   Kumar, M S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Flood profile; Flow visualization; Horizontal well; Numerical simulation; Waterflooding

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; SIMULATORS; VEGETATION; VISUALIZATION; WELL PERFORATION;

FLOOD PROFILE; HORIZONTAL WELL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; VERTICAL WELLS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; WATERFLOODING; WELL CONFIGURATION;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 52949134826     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460701296418     Document Type: Article

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