Four-component gas/water/oil displacements in one dimension: Part III, development of miscibility

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-247

  LaForce, Tara ^a   Orr Jr , Franklin M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional model; Hyperbolic system; Minimum miscibility pressure; Miscible gas drive; Three phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL MODEL; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; MISCIBLE GAS DRIVE; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

DRIVES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ULSI CIRCUITS;

WATER INJECTION;

EIGENVALUE; EQUATION OF STATE; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PARTITIONING; SOLUBILITY; THREE PHASE FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 68349148110     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-008-9311-z     Document Type: Article

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