Analytical Modeling for Gravity Segregation in Gas Improved Oil Recovery of Tilted Reservoirs

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 695-704

  Jamshidnezhad, Mohammad ^a   Ghazvian, T ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Co injection of water and gas; Gravity segregation; Improved oil recovery; Stone's model; Tilted reservoirs

Indexed keywords

GASES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

CO-INJECTION; COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; FRACTIONAL FLOW THEORY; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STEAM INJECTION;

EID: 79251599112     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9646-0     Document Type: Article

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