A simplified model for simulations of alkaline-surfactant-polymer floods

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1248-1264

  Delshad, Mojdeh ^a   Han, Choongyong ^b   Veedu, Faiz Koyassan ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Chevron ETC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; ALKALINE-SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING; ALKALINE-SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODS; CHEMICAL FLOODING; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD PILOT; FLOODING MODELS; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MIXING RULES; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL COMPOSITION; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; RESIDUAL OIL; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; SURFACTANT MIXTURE; TOTAL ACID NUMBER; WATER COMPOSITION;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; CLAY MINERALS; CRUDE OIL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEIONIZED WATER; ENHANCED RECOVERY; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER INJECTION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 79957883613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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