Effect of capillary contact on CO2-foam mobility in heterogeneous core samples

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, OGR 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 245-255

  Yaghoobi, Hossein ^a   Heller, John P ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CORES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; LOW PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TRANSIENT PERIODS; VISCOSITY CONTRAST;

CORE SAMPLES;

EID: 84928802075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/35169-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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