Modeling of carbonate oil reservoirs in imbibition displacement with considering asphaltene deposition

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Nasri, Z ^a,b   Dabir, B ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

asphaltene deposition; network modeling; oil reservoir modeling

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; BLACK-OIL SIMULATORS; BOTTOMHOLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CARBONATE OIL RESERVOIRS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LOW PERMEABILITY OIL; NETWORK MODELING; OIL PRODUCTION WELLS; OIL RATES; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; OIL RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION WELLS; WELLBORE;

ASPHALTENES; CAPILLARITY; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ASPHALTENE; CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 74149086082     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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