Foam mobility control for surfactant EOR

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1178-1193

  Li, Robert Feng ^a   Yan, Wei ^b   Liu, Shunhua ^c   Hirasaki, George J ^d   Miller, Clarence A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IPSI LLC ^*

^c Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation ^*

^d SPE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OILS; EOR PROCESSES; FOAM MOBILITIES; GAS INJECTIONS; IN-SITU; LAYERED SYSTEMS; MOBILITY CONTROLS; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; PERMEABILITY LAYERS; PERMEABILITY RATIOS; PORE VOLUMES; SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; SWEEP EFFICIENCIES; TOTAL PORE VOLUMES;

ABS RESINS; CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; LIQUIDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; SOLIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WELL FLOODING;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 55149090969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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