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Hydrocarbons (Continued) implementation projects, 168 169
Proved Developed Producing (PDP), 12 implementation technology, 167 168
Proved Undeveloped (PUD) reserves, mechanism of microbiological activity in
13 reservoir, 162
deposits, 37 microbial surfactants in, 164
extraction, 28 multifactorial effect on reservoir fluids,
groups, 88 163 164
products, definition of, 5 9 oil displacement during, 163f
Hydrodynamic modeling for EOR, 187 189 relation between microbial EOR products
saturation distribution for, 187f and reservoir stimulation processes,
Hydrolyzed polyacrylamide, 146 164f
stages, 163
I Microscopic sweep efficiency, 61, 62f
Ignition well, 81, 82f Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP),
arrangement for ignition by submerged determining, 100, 100f
fired heater, 83f Miscible situation, 90, 95 96
Immiscible situation, 90 Mixing displacement by hydrocarbon gases,
Injection of immiscible gases, 58 95 96
In situ combustion (ISC) process, 74 81, Mobility coefficient, 62
75f Molasses fermentation, 168 169
description, 74 78 Multilateral wells, 50 51, 51f
combustion methods, 75 78 Multiple contact miscibility
implementation technology, 80 81 (MCM), 31, 90
burning ignites, 80
implemented projects, 74, 83 84 N
screening criteria for, 78 80, 79f Naphthenes, 5 6
types of, 74 Natural drive recovery coefficient, 23
Internal friction, 28 Natural gas, 8
INTERSECT software, 187 188 features, 8
Ion Tuning and Advances Ion Management, volume, 8
173 Natural gas processing plants, 105 106
New-field wildcat, 49
K New-pool wildcat, 49
Kepler conjecture, 37 38 Nitrogen and flue gases injection, 118 124
applicability criteria, 119 120
L implemented projects, 120
Laplace equation, 154 operating in USA between 1980 2014,
Liquid flow, equation for, 38 39 120f
Liquid/rock interaction, 34 implemented technology, 120 124
Liquid speed in pores, 155 gas cap displacement, 121, 122f
Low salinity water injection, 172 174 gas condensate pressure maintenance,
positive effects of, 172 121, 122f
reservoir response to, 173 gravity drainage, 122 124, 123f
immiscible displacement, 121
M miscible displacement, 122, 123f
Micelle, 32, 32f reservoir pressure maintenance, 121
Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), process mechanisms, 119
163f Non-renewable hydrocarbons, 9
applicability criteria, 165 167, 166f Nutrient flooding of oil reservoir, 163