Visualization of oil recovery by CO2-foam injection; effect of oil viscosity and gas type

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-177

  Emadi, Alireza ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a   Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a   Ireland, Shaun ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; CONVENTIONAL OIL; DISPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GAS TYPE; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL FIELD; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; MICRO-SCALES; NONTHERMAL; OIL DISPLACEMENT; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL VISCOSITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PORE SCALE; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SUBCRITICAL CO2; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; VISCOSITY CONTRAST; VISCOUS CRUDE; VISCOUS FINGERING; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

CRUDE OIL; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; VISUALIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84864014512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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