Modeling improved recovery methods in an unstructured grid simulator

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2009, IPTC 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3018-3032

  Verma, Santosh ^a   Adibhatla, Bhargaw ^a   Leahy Dios, Alana ^a   Willingham, Thomas ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELL TESTING; OIL WELLS; POLYMERS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

BLACK-OIL MODELING; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; RECOVERY METHODS; RECOVERY PROCESS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SINGLE WELL CHEMICAL TRACER TESTS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77952354800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/13920-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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