Complex flow and composition path in CO 2 injection schemes from density effects

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4590-4598

  Ahmed, Tausif ^a   Nasrabadi, Hadi ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FLOW; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; DENSITY CHANGE; DENSITY DATA; DENSITY EFFECTS; DOWNWARD FLOW; DUAL EFFECT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FIELD EVALUATION; FLOW PATH; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; INJECTION SCHEMES; INJECTION STUDIES; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; OIL DENSITY; OIL MIXTURES; OIL RECOVERIES; PENG-ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE; RECOVERY PERFORMANCE; VISCOSITY CORRELATIONS;

DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GLOBAL WARMING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863977783     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300502f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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