Reservoir Characterization for the CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Process: Final Report.

摘要

This report summarizes progress in a research effort to quantify the effects of nonuniform flow on displacement performance in CO(sub 2) floods. Results are reported in five areas: (1) phase behavior, fluid properties and characterization of crude oils; (2) interactions of phase behavior and multiphase flow in one dimension; (3) interaction of viscous instability and flow in heterogeneous porous media; (4) detection of reservoir heterogeneity; and (5) representation of reservoir heterogeneity. 186 refs., 258 figs., 39 tabs.