Injection of water above gas for improved sweep in gas IOR: Performance in 3D

International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2031-2046

  Jamshidnezhad, M ^a   Van Der Bol, L ^b   Rossen, W R ^c  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Now at Chevron North Sea Limited

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-INJECTION; GAS FLOWS; GAS INJECTION; GAS SATURATIONS; GAS WELL; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; INHERENT INSTABILITY; INJECTION RATES; LATERAL MOVEMENT; NONUNIFORM; WATER INJECTION WELLS;

GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION; WATER WELLS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 67650567903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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