Modeling particle gel propagation in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1804-1813

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Bai, Baojun ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; CONFORMANCE CONTROLS; CONTINUUM MODELING; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DARCY'S LAWS; DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; GEL TREATMENTS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY TESTS; NON NEWTONIANS; NON-DARCY FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL PRODUCTIONS; PORE SPACES; PORE THROATS; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS ROCKS; SWEEP EFFICIENCIES; THRESHOLD CONDITIONS; WATER FLOODS; WATER FLOWS; WATER PHASE; WATER PRODUCTIONS;

COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GELATION; GELS; LIQUIDS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 58849118606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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