Oil recovery improvement using CO2 - Enriched water injection

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1915-1925

  Riazi, Masoud ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a   Ireland, Shaun ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; COALESCENCE; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ALTERNATIVE INJECTION; CARBONATED WATERS; DIRECT FLOW; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HIGH WATER; INJECTION METHOD; OIL GANGLIA; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; PLAIN WATER; POROUS MEDIA; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOSITY REDUCTION; VISUALISATION; WATER ALTERNATING GAS; WATERFLOODING;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 77149168792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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