Gravity segregation in gas IOR in heterogeneous reservoirs

15th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 230-261

  Stolwijk, G H ^a,b   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Shell ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO2 SEQUESTRATION; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; LAYERED RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES; VERTICAL SEGREGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GASES;

EID: 77950639488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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