Pressure maintenance and improving oil recovery with CO2 injection in heavy oil reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Heavy Oil Conference and Exhibition 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 218-228

  Zheng, Sixu ^a   Li, Huazhou ^a   Yang, Daoyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MAINTENANCE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HORIZONTAL PRODUCER; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; PRESSURE MAINTENANCE; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VERTICAL INJECTORS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84860148342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/150169-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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