A brief review of steam flooding and its applications in fractured oil shale reservoirs

Steam flooding is an important thermal recovery method for heavy oil reservoirs, and convective heating technology is used to fracture oil shale reservoirs with good results. This paper reviews the main prediction methods, optimization approaches for steam flooding performance, and its application i...

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Main Authors: Yunfeng Xu, Zhiquan Zhang, Yuhui Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1268103/full