Simultaneous oil recovery and residual gas storage: A pore-level analysis using in situ X-ray micro-tomography

Fuel

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 905-914

  Iglauer, S ^a   Paluszny, A ^b   Blunt, M J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon geo sequestration; Enhanced oil recovery; Residual gas; Residual oil

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOOD SEQUENCES; GAS CLUSTERS; GAS INJECTION; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; LARGE CLUSTERS; OIL RECOVERIES; PERCOLATION THEORY; PORE SPACE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; RESIDUAL GAS; RESIDUAL GAS SATURATION; RESIDUAL OIL; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; RESIDUAL PHASE; SANDSTONE CORES; SURFACE AREA; THREE-PHASE FLOW; WATER FLOOD; WATER PHASIS; X-RAY MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY;

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER INJECTION;

FLOODS;

EID: 84870529310     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.06.094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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