Injection strategies to overcome gravity segregation in simultaneous gas and water injection into homogeneous reservoirs

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-90

  Rossen, W R ^a   Van Duijn, C J ^b   Nguyen, Q P ^c   Shen, C ^d   Vikingstad, A K ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF WATER; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION RATES; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; SIMULTANEOUS INJECTIONS; VOLUMETRIC RATES;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 77950632422     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99794-PA     Document Type: Article

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