Improving injectivity to fight gravity segregation in gas enhanced oil recovery

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-104

  Jamshidnezhad, M ^a   Shen, C ^b   Kool, P ^a   Zadeh, A M ^a   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASES; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; WELL STIMULATION;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; INJECTION PRESSURES; SEGREGATION PROCESS; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; WATER ALTERNATING GAS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 77950653390     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/112375-PA     Document Type: Article

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