Predicting the impact of sedimentological heterogeneity on gas-oil and water-oil displacements: Fluvio-deltaic Pereriv Suite Reservoir,azeri-chirag-gunashli oilfield, South Caspian Basin

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-163

  Choi, Kevin ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Jones, Alistair D W ^b   Reynolds, Antony D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACG field; Fluvio deltaic; Heterogeneity; Pereriv suite; Reservoir simulation; South caspian basin

Indexed keywords

ACG FIELD; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; HETEROGENEITY; PERERIV SUITE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SOUTH CASPIAN;

GASES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY;

WATER INJECTION;

DISPLACEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL FIELD; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CASPIAN BASIN;

EID: 80052699744     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079310-013     Document Type: Article

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