Detailed modeling of the Alkali Surfactant Polymer (ASP) process by coupling a multi-purpose reservoir simulator to the chemistry package PHREEQC

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference 2011, EORC 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 338-355

  Farajzadeh, R ^a   Matsuura, T ^a   Van Batenburg, D ^a   Dijk, H ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; CHEMICAL ENGINES; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COREFLOOD; COUPLING PROCEDURE; DETAILED MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; FLEXIBLE TOOL; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOW PROPERTIES; MULTI-PURPOSE; PHREEQC; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICALS; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SIMULATORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 80755137079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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