Evaluate EOR potential in fractured shale oil reservoirs by cyclic gas injection

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2013, URTC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wan, Tao ^a   Sheng, James J ^a   Soliman, M Y ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FRACTURE; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESOURCE VALUATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; WELL STIMULATION;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; MACROSCOPIC SWEEP; NUMERICAL SIMULATION APPROACHES; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 85085407975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/urtec2013-187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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