CO2 Injection in vertical and horizontal cores: Measurements and numerical simulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-344

  Moortgat, Joachim ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a   Li, Zhidong ^a   Esposito, Rogerio ^b  

^a RERI   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GASES; SAILING VESSELS; TEMPERATURE;

BOTTOM INJECTION; COMPOSITIONAL MODELING; CRITICAL REGION; GRAVITY EFFECTS; INJECTION RATES; LOW-TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; STATE OF THE ART;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84876356518     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/135563-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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