Application of gas for mobility control in chemical EOR in problematic carbonate reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 794-809

  Srivastava, Mayank ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GAS FOAMING; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; CONFORMANCE CONTROL; DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESERVOIRS; EFFECTIVE MOBILITIES; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; LOW-PRESSURE GRADIENT; MEDIUM PERMEABILITY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 77954182776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129840-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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