Transport of CO2-foaming agents during CO2-foam processes in fractured chalk rock

71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2009: Balancing Global Resources. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1359-1369

  Zuta, John ^a   Fjelde, Ingebret ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOODS; INFILL DRILLING; LIMESTONE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FLOW-THROUGH EXPERIMENTS; FOAMING AGENT CONCENTRATIONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77149158820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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