Comparative effectiveness of CO 2 , produced gas, and flue gas for enhanced heavy oil recovery

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium 1997, ITOHOS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Srivastava, Raj K ^a   Huang, Sam S ^a  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; FLUE GASES; FLUES; GASES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; WELL FLOODING;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPETING MECHANISMS; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; SCALED MODEL TESTS; THERMAL RECOVERY METHOD;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85061459612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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