The modeling challenge of high pressure air injection

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1204-1216

  De Zwart, A M ^a   Van Batenburg, D W ^a   Blom, C P A ^a   Tsolakidis, A ^a   Glandt, C A ^a   Boerrigter, P ^a  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; FLUE GASES; FLUES; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SMOKE; STRIPPING (DYES); THERMOCHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

3D MODELS; COMBUSTION FRONTS; COMBUSTION TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL TIMES; DYNAMIC GRIDDING; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; EQUATION OF STATES; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH PRESSURE AIR INJECTIONS; HYDRO-CARBON GASSES; IN-SITU; KEY RECOVERIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIFE-TIMES; LIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; RESIDUAL OILS; ROCK SYSTEMS; SWEEP EFFICIENCIES; VOLATILE COMPONENTS; WILLISTON BASINS;

IN SITU COMBUSTION;

EID: 55149096013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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