The investigation of suitability of different capillary number definitions for flow behavior characterization of surfactant-based chemical flooding in heavy oil reservoirs

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 90-91, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-55

  Yadali Jamaloei, Benyamin ^a,b,c   Asghari, Koorosh ^a,d   Kharrat, Riyaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary number; Chemical flooding; Heavy oil; Injection rate; Micromodel; Non Newtonian

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHEMICAL FLOODING; HEAVY OIL; INJECTION RATES; MICROMODEL; NON-NEWTONIAN;

CAPILLARITY; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID FLOW; HEAVY OIL; NEWTONIAN FLUID; POLYMER; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT;

EID: 84862325321     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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