A technique for the laboratory measurement of carbon dioxide unit displacement efficiency in reservoir rock

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1978-October, Issue , 1978, Pages

  Watkins, Robert W ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORE SAMPLES; DISPERSIONS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; GASOLINE; LABORATORIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PORE STRUCTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SECONDARY RECOVERY; VISCOSITY;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY SYSTEM; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MISCIBLE FLOODING; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; VISCOUS FINGERING;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84913172355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/7474-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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