Modified EOR screening criteria as applied to a group of offshore carbonate oil reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition 2011, RCSC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 837-857

  Bourdarot, Gilles ^a   Ghedan, Shawket ^b  

^a Steven Ross Interwell   (United States)

^b Petroleum Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; HYDROCARBONS; IN SITU COMBUSTION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE OIL RESERVOIRS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; REMAINING OIL SATURATIONS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84860166420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/148323-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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