SPE Journal
Volume 14, Number 4, December 2009

Pore-Scale Simulation of Dispersion in Porous Media

G. Garmeh, R.T. Johns, and L.W. Lake, SPE, U. of Texas at Austinpp. 559-567Preview | PDF ( 1,122 KB )    Rights & Permission

Infinite-Acting Physically Representative Networks for Capillarity-Controlled Displacements

Javad Behseresht, SPE, Steven L. Bryant, SPE, and Kamy Sepehrnoori, SPE, University of Texas at Austinpp. 568-578Preview | PDF ( 948 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Predictive Pore-Scale Model for Non-Darcy Flow in Porous Media

Matthew T. Balhoff, SPE, and Mary F. Wheeler, SPE, University of Texas at Austinpp. 579-587Preview | PDF ( 516 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experimental Study of CO2 Injection Into Saline Formations

Y. Cinar, SPE, University of New South Wales; A. Riaz, SPE, and Hamdi Tchelepi, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 588-594Preview | PDF ( 587 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experimental Investigation of Emulsion Stability in Gas/Oil Separation Plants

A.M. Al-Ghamdi, SPE, Saudi Aramco; C. Noïk, SPE, and C. Dalmazzone, SPE, French Institute of Petroleum; S. Kokal, SPE, Saudi Aramcopp. 595-605Preview | PDF ( 900 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Droplet Size on the Reaction Kinetics of Emulsified Acid With Calcite

S.H. Al-Mutairi, Saudi Aramco; H.A. Nasr-El-Din and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M University; and A.D. Al-Aamri, Saudi Aramcopp. 606-616Preview | PDF ( 858 KB )    Rights & Permission

Enhanced Scale-Inhibitor Treatments With the Addition of Zinc

Amy T. Kan, Gongmin Fu, Hamad Al-Saiari, and Mason B. Tomson, Rice University, and Dong Shen, B.J. Chemical Servicespp. 617-626Preview | PDF ( 602 KB )    Rights & Permission

Inhibition Performance of a New Series of Mono-/Diamine-Based Corrosion Inhibitors for HCl Solutions

Ali A. Al-Taq, Saudi Aramco; Shaikh A. Ali, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; and Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, Texas A&M Universitypp. 627-633Preview | PDF ( 544 KB )    Rights & Permission

Efficient Ensemble-Based Closed-Loop Production Optimization

Yan Chen, SPE, Chevron ETC; Dean S. Oliver, SPE, University of Oklahoma; Dongxiao Zhang, SPE, University of Southern Californiapp. 634-645Preview | PDF ( 994 KB )    Rights & Permission

Lagrangian Decomposition of Oil-Production Optimization Applied to the Troll West Oil Rim

Bjarne Foss, SPE, and Vidar Gunnerud, NTNU; and Marta Dueñas Díez, SPE, StatoilHydro ASApp. 646-652Preview | PDF ( 393 KB )    Rights & Permission

Forecasting Injector/Producer Relationships From Production and Injection Rates Using an Extended Kalman Filter

Feilong Liu, Jerry M. Mendel, and Amir Mohammad Nejad, University of Southern Californiapp. 653-664Preview | PDF ( 1,206 KB )    Rights & Permission

Efficient and Accurate Quantification of Uncertainty for Multiphase Flow With the Probabilistic Collocation Method

Heng Li and Dongxiao Zhang, SPE, University of Southern Californiapp. 665-679Preview | PDF ( 1,731 KB )    Rights & Permission

Uncertainty Quantification in Reservoir Performance Using Distances and Kernel Methods—Application to a West Africa Deepwater Turbidite Reservoir

Céline Scheidt, SPE, and Jef Caers, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 680-692Preview | PDF ( 1,404 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Method for Evaluating the Productivity Index of Nonlinear Flows

Eugenio Aulisa and Akif Ibragimov, Texas Tech University, and Jay R. Walton, Texas A&M Universitypp. 693-706Preview | PDF ( 582 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hydraulic-Fracture Predictions With a Fully Coupled Geomechanical Reservoir Simulator

R.H. Dean, SPE, and J.H. Schmidt, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Co.pp. 707-714Preview | PDF ( 271 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Productivity of a Well with a Vertical Infinite-Conductivity Fracture in a Rectangular Closed Reservoir

Jacques Hagoort, SPE, Hagoort & Associates BVpp. 715-720Preview | PDF ( 310 KB )    Rights & Permission

Analysis of Injection/Falloff Data From Horizontal Wells

Amina A. Boughrara, SPE, Schlumberger, and Albert C. Reynolds, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 721-736Preview | PDF ( 903 KB )    Rights & Permission

Microseismic Monitoring Quality-Control (QC) Reports as an Interpretative Tool for Nonspecialists

U. Zimmer, S. Maxwell, C. Waltman, and N. Warpinski, Pinnacle Technologiespp. 737-745Preview | PDF ( 838 KB )    Rights & Permission

Downscaling Multiple Seismic Inversion Constraints to Fine-Scale Flow Models

Subhash Kalla, SPE, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Christopher D. White, SPE, Louisiana State University; James Gunning, SPE, CSIRO; and Michael E. Glinsky, SPE, BHP Billiton Petroleumpp. 746-758Preview | PDF ( 5,468 KB )    Rights & Permission

Evaluation of the Gas Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea

George J. Moridis, SPE, Matthew T. Reagan, SPE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Se-Joon Kim, SPE, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources; Yongkoo Seol and Keni Zhang, SPE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratorypp. 759-781Preview | PDF ( 3,558 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effects of Boundary Conditions and Friction on Static Buckling of Pipe in a Horizontal Well

Guohua Gao, SPE, Shell, and Stefan Miska, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 782-796Preview | PDF ( 825 KB )    Rights & Permission

Numerical Modeling of the Slit Mode of Cavity Evolution Associated With Sand Production

C. Detournay, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.pp. 797-804Preview | PDF ( 993 KB )    Rights & Permission

Unbiased Estimation of Intrinsic Permeability With Cumulants Beyond the Lognormal Assumption

J.A. Vargas-Guzmán, SPEpp. 805-810Preview | PDF ( 440 KB )    Rights & Permission

Compositional Modeling of Two-Phase (Gas/Water) Flow in Pipes

Jose Zaghloul, SPE, BP E&P Technology Group, and M.A. Adewumi, SPE, and M.T. Ityokumbul, SPE, Pennsylvania State Universitypp. 811-819Preview | PDF ( 555 KB )    Rights & Permission