Life beyond 80: A look at conventional WAG recovery beyond 80% HCPV injection in CO2 tertiary floods

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on CO2 Capture, Storage, and Utilization 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 182-195

  Merchant, D H ^a  

^a Merchant Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUT-OFF; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; KNOW-HOW; LONG-TERM PROFITS; OIL COMPANIES; OKLAHOMA; OPERATING COMPANIES; PERMIAN; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; WYOMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY; TERTIARY RECOVERY;

RECOVERY;

EID: 79953107570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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