SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
Volume 15, Number 2, April 2012

Executive Summary
Tayfun Babadagli, University of Alberta

Executive and Associate Editors

Publication Information

 

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Reservoir Modeling

135280-PA

Reservoir Modeling: From RESCUE To RESQML

Michael J. King, Texas A&M University; Paulo Ballin, BP America; Chakib Bennis, Institut Français du Pétrole; David Heath, Transform Software; Allan Hiebert, Computer Modelling Group; William McKenzie, Chevron; Jean-Francois Rainaud, Institut Français du Pétrole; and Jana Schey, Energisticspp. 127-138Preview | PDF ( 4,252 KB )    Rights & Permission

133852-PA

Equation-of-State Modeling for Reservoir-Fluid Samples Contaminated By Oil-Based Drilling Mud Using Contaminated-Fluid Pressure/Volume/Temperature Data

P. Sah, SPE, Calsep; G. Gurdial, SPE, Core Laboratories Malaysia; K.S. Pedersen, SPE, Calsep; and H. Izwan Deraman and F. Ramli, Core Laboratories Malaysiapp. 139-149Preview | PDF ( 945 KB )    Rights & Permission

146508-PA

Advanced Upscaling for Kashagan Reservoir Modeling

P. Panfili, A. Cominelli, M. Calabrese, C. Albertini, A. Savitskiy, and G. Leoni, Enipp. 150-164Preview | PDF ( 6,961 KB )    Rights & Permission

Heavy-Oil Recovery

138151-PA

Numerical-Simulation Investigation of the Effect of Heavy-Oil Viscosity on the Performance of Hydrocarbon Additives in SAGD

M. Hosseininejad Mohebati, SPE, B.B. Maini, SPE, and T.G. Harding, SPE, University of Calgarypp. 165-181Preview | PDF ( 9,716 KB )    Rights & Permission

144546-PA

Mechanics of Heavy-Oil and Bitumen Recovery by Hot Solvent Injection

V. Pathak and T. Babadagli, University of Alberta; and N.R. Edmunds, Laricina Energypp. 182-194Preview | PDF ( 5,897 KB )    Rights & Permission

Chemical EOR

141331-PA

Effect of Alkalinity on Oil Recovery During Polymer Floods in Sandstone

Mahdi Kazempour, SPE, Eric Sundstrom, SPE, and Vladimir Alvarado, SPE, University of Wyomingpp. 195-209Preview | PDF ( 6,764 KB )    Rights & Permission

158022-PA

Residual-Oil Recovery Through Injection of Biosurfactant, Chemical Surfactant, and Mixtures of Both Under Reservoir Temperatures: Induced-Wettability and Interfacial-Tension Effects

H. Al-Sulaimani, SPE, Y. Al-Wahaibi, SPE, S. Al-Bahry, A. Elshafie, A. Al-Bemani, SPE, and S. Joshi, Sultan Qaboos University; and S. Ayatollahi, SPE, Shiraz Universitypp. 210-217Preview | PDF ( 1,428 KB )    Rights & Permission

129763-PA

Experimental Study of Foam Flow in Fractured Oil-Wet Limestone for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Å. Haugen, M.A. Fernø, and A. Graue, SPE, University of Bergen, and H.J. Bertin, SPE, TREFLE ENSAMpp. 218-228Preview | PDF ( 2,256 KB )    Rights & Permission

144899-PA

Interwell Tracer Tests To Optimize Operating Conditions for a Surfactant Field Trial: Design, Evaluation, and Implications

Hao Cheng, SPE, Chevron Pacific Indonesia; G. Michael Shook, Malik Taimur, and Varadarajan Dwarakanath, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Company; and Bruce R. Smith, SPE, Chevron Pacific Indonesiapp. 229-242Preview | PDF ( 4,393 KB )    Rights & Permission

Unconventional Gas

155504-PA

Evaluation of Long-Term Gas-Hydrate-Production Testing Locations on the Alaska North Slope

T.S. Collett, US Geological Survey, R. Boswell, US Department of Energy, M.W. Lee, US Geological Survey, B.J. Anderson, West Virginia University, K. Rose, US Department of Energy, and K.A. Lewis, US Geological Surveypp. 243-264Preview | PDF ( 8,424 KB )    Rights & Permission