A new generation chemical flooding simulator

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  John, A ^a   Han, C ^a   Delshad, M ^a   Pope, G A ^a   Sepehrnoori, K ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOODS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY DESATURATION; COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY MODELS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT PHASE BEHAVIOR;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 84994510150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89436-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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