Modeling Near-Miscible Gas Foam Injection in Fractured Tight Rocks and Its Challenges

Unlocking oil from tight reservoirs remains a challenging task, as the existence of fractures and oil-wet rock surfaces tends to make the recovery uneconomic. Injecting a gas in the form of a foam is considered a feasible technique in such reservoirs for providing conformance control and reducing ga...

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Main Authors: Haishan Luo, Kishore K. Mohanty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/7/1998