Gravity segregation in gas-injection IOR

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1280-1290

  Rossen, W R ^a   Chen, C ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Chevron ^*

^c Chevron Energy Technology Co

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GASES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLAR RADIATION;

FLOW THEORIES; GAS INJECTIONS; GRAVITY SEGREGATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERIES; INJECTION INTERVALS; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION PROFILES; INJECTION RATES; INJECTIVITY; MODELING AND SIMULATIONS; SIMPLE METHODS; SWEEP EFFICIENCIES;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 55549107162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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