Application of vapor extraction (VAPEX) process on carbonate reservoirs

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-386

  Kok, M V ^a   Yildirim, Y ^a   Akin, S ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Oil reservoir; Permeability; Porosity; VAPEX

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BUTANE; CAPILLARITY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPANE; SOLVENTS; VAPORS; WATER INJECTION;

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATIONS; BITUMEN RECOVERIES; CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; CONSTANT DEGREES; CRUDE OIL; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HELE-SHAW CELLS; INJECTION RATES; OIL RESERVOIR; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; PERMEABILITY; RECOVERY PROCESS; TURKISHS; VAPEX; VAPOR EXTRACTIONS; VAPOR-EXTRACTION PROCESS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 61549135356     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701468076     Document Type: Article

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