Optimal design criteria for SAG foam processes in heterogeneous reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - EUROPEC/EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kloet, M B ^a,b   Renkema, W J ^a,c   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands BV   (United States)

^c StatoilHydro Petroleum ASA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; EFFICIENCY; GASES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

GRAVITY SEGREGATION; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; INJECTION PRESSURES; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; SURFACTANT-ALTERNATING-GAS FOAM PROCESS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84969726714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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