Simultaneous injection of miscible gas and polymer (SIMGAP) to improve oil recovery and sweep efficiency from layered carbonate reservoirs

SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2010, OGWA - EOR Challenges, Experiences and Opportunities in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 596-610

  Masalmeh, Shehadeh K ^a   Hillgartner, H ^a   Al Mjeni, R ^a   Jing, X D ^a  

^a Shell Development Oman LLC   (Oman)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBONATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GEOLOGY; GRAVITATION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PHASE INTERFACES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SECONDARY RECOVERY;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; REMAINING OIL SATURATIONS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SIMULTANEOUS INJECTIONS; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 77957964941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/129645-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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