Hysteresis and field-scale optimization of WAG injection for coupled CO2-EOR and sequestration

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 131-151

  Ghomian, Yousef ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DISPERSIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYSTERESIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; HIGHER-ORDER APPROXIMATION; NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY HYSTERESIS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 55549140838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/110639-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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