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Modeling Gas Trapping and Mobility in Foam EOR
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IOR 2011 - 16th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Apr 2011, cp-230-00025
- ISBN: 978-90-73834-07-1
Abstract
Foam greatly reduces the mobility of gas in porous media, both by increasing the effective viscosity of the gas phase and by trapping a substantial fraction of the gas in place. This property of foam makes it an effective gas diverter in miscible and imm