CT scan study of immiscible foam flow in porous media for enhancing oil recovery

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6221-6233

  Simjoo, M ^a,b   Dong, Y ^b,c   Andrianov, A ^d   Talanana, M ^d   Zitha, P L J ^b  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Shell China Exploration and Production Co Ltd   (China)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC RESERVOIRS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; INJECTION CONDITIONS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; WATERFLOOD RESIDUAL OIL;

CAPILLARITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877253571     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300603v     Document Type: Article

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