EOR simulation by in situ nitrogen production via denitrifying bacteria and performance improvement by nitrogen alternating surfactant injection

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1422-1427

  Nuryadi, Arief ^a   Kishita, Atsushi ^a   Watanabe, Noriaki ^a   Vilcaez, Javier ^b   Kawai, Nobuo ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Japex Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOGAS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODS; GAS FOAMING; METABOLITES; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; OIL WELL FLOODING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; INITIAL PRESSURE; NATURAL SURFACTANTS; NITROGEN INJECTION; NITROGEN MOLECULE; PRESSURE INCREMENTS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84857162688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/147823-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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