Optimization of tertiary water-alternate-CO2 injection

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1996-April, Issue , 1996, Pages 575-590

  Bedrikovetsky, P ^a   Andrade, G M ^b   Ferreira, L E A ^a   Menezes, G L ^b  

^a GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID MECHANICS; GASES; GASOLINE; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; EXPLICIT FORMULA; HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS; MASS CONSERVATION LAW; SEQUENTIAL INJECTION; SIMULTANEOUS INJECTIONS; TRANSITION FRONTS; TWO-PHASE DISPLACEMENTS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

EID: 84908261543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36133-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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