Recovery rates, enhanced oil recovery and technological limits

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2006, 2014, Pages

  Muggeridge, Ann ^a   Cockin, Andrew ^b   Webb, Kevin ^b   Frampton, Harry ^b   Collins, Ian ^b   Moulds, Tim ^b   Salino, Peter ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical flooding; Crude oil recovery; Enhanced oil recovery; Miscible gas; Water alternating gas; Water injection

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER INJECTION;

CHEMICAL FLOODING; CURRENT STATUS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OIL RECOVERIES; STATUS AND PROSPECT; SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS; TECHNOLOGICAL LIMIT; WATER ALTERNATING GAS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84890462078     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0320     Document Type: Review

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