Maximizing volumetric sweep efficiency in waterfloods with hydrocarbon F-Φ curves

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-64

  Izgec, Omer ^a   Sayarpour, Morteza ^a   Shook, G Michael ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic Lorenz Coefficient; Streamline simulation; Sweep efficiency; Waterflood optimization

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY TIME; CELL MODEL; CLASSICAL METHODS; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SIMULATIONS; FULL-FIELD; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; NUMERICAL MODELING; OPERATING CONDITION; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STREAMLINE SIMULATION; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; TIME STEP; WATER CYCLING; WATER FLOOD; WATERFLOOD MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL FLOODING; WELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL WELL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79957482538     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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