Effect of reservoir heterogeneity on improved shale oil recovery by CO 2 huff-n-puff

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE USA Unconventional Resources Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 410-425

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Balhoff, Matthew ^a   Mohanty, Kishore K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL MODELS; COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; FIRST-CONTACT MISCIBLE; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PERMEABILITY DIFFERENCE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY;

OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; RESOURCE VALUATION; SHALE; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84881117808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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