Pressure maintenance and improving oil recovery via water-alternating- CO2 process in thin heavy oil reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 450-466

  Zheng, Sixu ^a   Yang, Daoyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MAINTENANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CUMULATIVE OIL PRODUCTION; DISPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PRESSURE MAINTENANCE; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; THIN HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84866261357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/157719-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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