CO2 flooding strategy to enhance heavy oil recovery

CO2 flooding is one of the most promising techniques to enhance both light and heavy oil recovery. In light oil recovery, the production pressure in CO2 flooding in general keeps constant in order to maintain the miscibility of injected CO2 and crude oil; while in heavy oil recovery, a depleting pre...

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Main Authors: Tuo Huang, Xiang Zhou, Huaijun Yang, Guangzhi Liao, Fanhua Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-03-01
Series:Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405656116301420