Visualization of interfacial interactions of crude Oil-CO2 systems under reservoir conditions

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Yang, Daoyong ^a   Gu, Yongan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; DROPS; EXTRACTION; MIXING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SHOCK TUBES; TURBULENT FLOW; WETTING;

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; AXISYMMETRIC DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LIGHT-ENDS EXTRACTION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85055863641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/89366-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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