Mechanistic study of improved heavy oil recovery by CO2-foam injection

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-85

  Emadi, Alireza ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a   Ireland, Shaun ^a   Robertson, Graeme ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CO2 STORAGE; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; FOAM FORMATION; GAS VISCOSITY; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; LIGHT OIL; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MICROMODELS; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MOBILITY RATIOS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SWEEP EFFICIENCY; SUBCRITICAL CO2; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIRECT INJECTION; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; VISCOSITY; VISUALIZATION; WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 80755180738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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