SPE Journal
Volume 13, Number 2, June 2008

Peer Approved Papers

93009-PA

Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Wettability Alteration by Surfactants

K. Kumar, SPE, E.K. Dao, and K.K. Mohanty, SPE, University of Houston137-145Preview | PDF ( 1,614 KB )    Rights & Permission

118851-PA

MRI Visualization of Spontaneous Methane Production From Hydrates in Sandstone Core Plugs When Exposed to CO2

A. Graue and B. Kvamme, U. of Bergen; B.A. Baldwin, Green Country Petrophysics LLC; J. Stevens and J. Howard, ConocoPhillips; E. Aspenes, G. Ersland, and J. Husebø, U. of Bergen; and D. Zornes, ConocoPhillips146-152Preview | PDF ( 1,627 KB )    Rights & Permission

99752-PA

Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Solvent Injection on In-Situ Combustion

J. Cristofari, L.M. Castanier, and A.R. Kovscek, SPE, Stanford University153-163Preview | PDF ( 2,371 KB )    Rights & Permission

95887-PA

Application of a New Grain-Based Reconstruction Algorithm to Microtomography Images for Quantitative Characterization and Flow Modeling

Karsten E. Thompson, Clinton S. Willson, and Christopher D. White, Louisiana State University; Stephanie Nyman, University of Waikato; Janok P. Bhattacharya, University of Houston; and Allen H. Reed, Naval Research Laboratory164-176Preview | PDF ( 3,293 KB )    Rights & Permission

111374-PA

Scale-Corrected Ensemble Kalman Filtering Applied to Production-History Conditioning in Reservoir Evaluation

O.P. Lodoen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, StatoilHydro; and H. Omre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology177-194Preview | PDF ( 6,717 KB )    Rights & Permission

99728-PA

Multiscale Regularization of Flooding Optimization for Smart Field Management

M. Lien, University of Bergen; D.R. Brouwer, SPE, Shell International E&P; T. Mannseth, University of Bergen; and J.D. Jansen, SPE, Delft University of Technology and Shell International E&P195-204Preview | PDF ( 2,004 KB )    Rights & Permission

96258-PA

Improving Petrophysical Interpretation With Wide-Band Electromagnetic Measurements

Emmanuel Toumelin, SPE, and Carlos Torres-Verdín, SPE, The University of Texas at Austin, and Nicola Bona, ENI E&P205-215Preview | PDF ( 2,628 KB )    Rights & Permission

91586-PA

Reduction of Wellbore Effects on Gas Inflow Evaluation Under Underbalanced Conditions

O.J. Aremu, SPE, and S.O. Osisanya, SPE, University of Oklahoma216-225Preview | PDF ( 1,937 KB )    Rights & Permission

102575-PA

An Investigation of Recent Deconvolution Methods for Well-Test Data Analysis

M. Onur, SPE, and M. Cinar,* SPE, Istanbul Technical University; D. Ilk, SPE, P.P Valko, SPE, and T.A. Blasingame, SPE, Texas A&M University; and P.S. Hegeman, Schlumberger
* Currently pursuing PhD degree at Stanford University
226-247Preview | PDF ( 5,167 KB )    Rights & Permission

91393-PA

Modeling of Experiments on Water Vaporization for Gas Injection Using Traveling Waves

Elizabeth Zuluaga* and Larry W. Lake, University of Texas at Austin, SPE
* Now with Chevron Energy Technology Company
248-256Preview | PDF ( 947 KB )    Rights & Permission

99619-PA

High-Resolution Prediction of Enhanced Condensate Recovery Processes

K. Jessen, University of Southern California, M.G. Gerritsen, Stanford University, and B.T. Mallison, Chevron Energy Technology Company257-266Preview | PDF ( 2,163 KB )    Rights & Permission

106254-PA

Operator-Based Multiscale Method for Compressible Flow

H. Zhou, SPE, and H.A. Tchelepi, SPE, Stanford U.267-273Preview | PDF ( 289 KB )    Rights & Permission