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Title: HIGH RESOLUTION PREDICTION OF GAS INJECTION PROCESS PERFORMANCE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS

Abstract

This report outlines progress in the first quarter of the second year of the DOE project ''High Resolution Prediction of Gas Injection Process Performance for Heterogeneous Reservoirs''. The application of the analytical theory for gas injection processes, including the effects of volume change on mixing, has up to now been limited to fully self-sharpening systems, systems where all solution segments that connect the key tie lines present in the displacement are shock fronts. In the following report, we describe the extension of the analytical theory to include systems with rarefactions (continuous composition and saturation variations) between key tie lines. With the completion of this analysis, a completely general procedure has been developed for finding solutions for problems in which a multicomponent gas displaces a multicomponent oil.

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Research Org.:
Stanford University (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
(US)
OSTI Identifier:
823227
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-00BC15319
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 31 Dec 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; FORECASTING; GAS INJECTION; PERFORMANCE; SATURATION; OIL WELLS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM

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Franklin M. Orr, Jr. HIGH RESOLUTION PREDICTION OF GAS INJECTION PROCESS PERFORMANCE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS. United States: N. p., 2001. Web. doi:10.2172/823227.
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Franklin M. Orr, Jr. HIGH RESOLUTION PREDICTION OF GAS INJECTION PROCESS PERFORMANCE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS. United States. doi:10.2172/823227.
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Franklin M. Orr, Jr. Mon . "HIGH RESOLUTION PREDICTION OF GAS INJECTION PROCESS PERFORMANCE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS". United States. doi:10.2172/823227. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/823227.
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year = {Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2001},
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