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Title: Effect of phase behavior on bypassing in enriched gas floods

Journal Article · · SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/25254-PA· OSTI ID:7115871

Enriched gas floods incorporate a complex interaction of heterogeneity, fingering, multiphase flow, and phase behavior. Experiments and simulations indicate that the optimum solvent enrichment in high-viscosity-ratio secondary gas floods can be below minimum miscibility enrichment (MME). The compositional path and resulting mobility profile in multidimensional multiple-contact miscible (MCM) or immiscible floods are different from their 1D counterparts for high-viscosity-ratio floods in heterogeneous media.

OSTI ID:
7115871
Journal Information:
SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (United States), Vol. 9:2; ISSN 0885-9248
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English