Microfluidic study of foams flow for enhanced oil recovery (EOR);Étude en microfluidique de l'écoulement de mousses pour la récupération assistée

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-466

  Quennouz, N ^a   Ryba, M ^a   Argillier, J F ^a   Herzhaft, B ^a   Peysson, Y ^a   Pannacci, N ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; POROUS MATERIALS;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CONTINUOUS PHASE; CROSS JUNCTION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FOAM FORMATION; GAS PRESSURES; LOW PERMEABILITY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES;

WATER INJECTION;

BUBBLE; CHANNEL FLOW; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84904498633     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2014017     Document Type: Article

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