Visual investigations on the oil recovery and sequestration potential of CO2 in naturally fractured oil reservoirs

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2007, CIPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Er, V ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; HYDROGEOLOGY; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

DISPLACEMENT PATTERNS; FRACTURE INTERACTIONS; FRACTURED OIL RESERVOIRS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GLASS BEAD MODELS; INJECTION CONDITIONS; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL INVESTIGATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85036749079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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