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Carbon dioxide flooding (Continued) E
immiscible displacement, 100 101 ECLIPSE software, 187 188
minimum miscibility Electrical thermal enhanced oil recovery
pressure (MMP), determining, 100, (EOR), 174 175
100f simplest form of, 174 175
mixing oil displacement, 99 100 Emulsifiers, 32
swelling effects, 101 Emulsions, 31 32
miscible, 104f Energy use
use of, 97 CO 2 emissions and, 3
Centimeter-Gramm-Second system Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, 2 3,
(CGS system), 29 58 61, 59f,60f, 95, 203
Centrifugal compressors, 80 81 assessment of incremental oil, 198f
Chandler Engineering, 195 chemical methods of, 59 60
Chemical flooding, 141 142 combined methods, 178 179
methods in CO 2 use for, 96 97
alkaline flooding, 150 159 dynamics of oil production and water-cut,
micellar-polymer flooding, 142 198f
polymer flooding, 142 150 flux line distribution for injection well,
Clays, 152, 173 174 197f
Coiled tubing technology, 46 full implementation at site, 195 197,
Condensate, 9 196f, 200t
gas factor, 9 geological modeling, 182 187
volume, 9 of hydrocarbon extraction, 58
Condensing drive, 90, 92f hydrocarbon fields modeling, 181
Connate water, 172 175, 203 hydrodynamic modeling, 187 189
Contact angle, 33 34 lithological modeling stage, 185 186,
Continuous wells flushing, 45 185f
Contour-boundary flooding, 128 microbiological methods, 161
Contour flooding implementation scheme, oil recovery factor, 61f
55, 56f reservoir modeling, 181
Core Laboratories, 195 steam injection efficiency, 60 61
Coretest Systems, 195 thermal methods, 60 61
Crude oil, 5 6 waterflood with surfactants, 59 60
color of, 6 Equilibrium, 33
elemental composition of, 6t European Economic Commission
Cycloparafines, 5 6 (EEC), 10
Exploration wells, 49
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Darcy’s law, 38 39 F
Decline curve analysis, 18 19 Fines, 40, 40f
Deep gas-air heater, 81f Finetti diagrams, 87
3D geological modeling, 182 187 Fingering process, 142 143
Dipper pool (pay) test, 49 First-contact miscibility (FCM), 31, 90
Disperse system behavior, 176 177 Flooding of oil reservoirs See Specific
Drilling mud, 47 48 entries
Dry forward combustion, 75 78 problems in, 142
zoning for, 75 76, 76f Flow analysis, 27
Dynamic interaction, 33 Fluid flow, 28
Dynamic viscosity, defined, 28, 29t Forced ignition, 80