Influences of different modes of reservoir heterogeneity on performance and oil recovery of carbon dioxide miscible flooding

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Shedid, S A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; FRACTURE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELL FLOODING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS;

CARBONATE OIL RESERVOIRS; COMPOSITE RESERVOIRS; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 63049119066     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/09-02-29     Document Type: Article

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