Comparison of various gases for enhanced recovery from shale oil reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1604-1611

  Hoffman, B Todd ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; EARNINGS; EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASES; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COMMODITY PRICES; INJECTION SCHEMES; NET PRESENT VALUE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION RATES; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RECOVERY FACTORS; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84863992027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154329-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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