Oil Recovery from matrix during CO2-foam flooding of fractured carbonate oil reservoirs

70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2008: Leveraging Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1470-1479

  Fjelde, Ingebret ^a   Zuta, John ^a   Duyilemi, Olawale Victor ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; DIFFUSION; ENGINEERS; FLOODS; FRACTURE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER EFFECTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BULK DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; MACROSCOPIC SWEEP; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PRESSURE DECAY METHOD; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER;

GAS FOAMING;

EID: 70449102366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113880-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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