Air injection potential in kenmore oilfield in eromanga basin, australia: A screening study through thermogravimetric and calorimetric analyses

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1253-1260

  Sarma, Hemanta ^a   Das, Shyamol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; CALORIMETRY; DISTILLATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOOXIDATION;

CALORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; CALORIMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC; LIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; OXIDATION BEHAVIORS; OXIDATION CHARACTERISTICS; OXIDATION POTENTIALS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 70449563215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/120595-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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