Experimental investigation of oil recovery from siliceous shale by CO 2 injection

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1814-1830

  Kovscek, A R ^a   Tang, G Q ^a,b   Vega, B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURE; GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RECOVERY; ROCKS;

COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DIFFUSIVE TRANSFER; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INJECTION PRESSURES; MISCIBLE INJECTIONS; ROCK HETEROGENEITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 58849140596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115679-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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