Minimum miscibility pressure in conventional and unconventional reservoirs

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2013, URTC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Teklu, Tadesse Weldu ^a   Alharthy, Najeeb ^a   Kazemi, Hossein ^a   Yin, Xiaolong ^a   Graves, Ramona M ^a   Al Sumaiti, Ali M ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; NANOPORES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SOLUBILITY;

ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODELING METHOD; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC PHASE BEHAVIORS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85020162831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/urtec2013-228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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