SPE Journal
Volume 15, Number 1, March 2010

Full-Field Streamline Tracing in Complex Faulted Systems With Non-Neighbor Connections

Eduardo A. Jimenez and Akhil Datta-Gupta, Texas A&M University, and Michael J. King, BP America Inc.pp. 7-17Preview | PDF ( 1,100 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Efficient Weak-Constraint Gradient-Based Parameter-Estimation Algorithm Using Representer Expansions

J.R. Rommelse, Delft University of Technology and Alten PTS; J.D. Jansen, SPE, Delft University of Technology and Shell International E&P; and A.W. Heemink, Delft University of Technologypp. 18-30Preview | PDF ( 2,612 KB )    Rights & Permission

Comparison of Stochastic Sampling Algorithms for Uncertainty Quantification

Linah Mohamed, SPE, Mike Christie, SPE, and Vasily Demyanov, SPE, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt Universitypp. 31-38Preview | PDF ( 828 KB )    Rights & Permission

Application of a Reduced Method in Compositional Simulation

R. Okuno, R.T. Johns, and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE, The University of Texas at Austinpp. 39-49Preview | PDF ( 751 KB )    Rights & Permission

Nonisothermal and Productivity Behavior of High-Pressure Reservoirs

J.F. App, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Companypp. 50-63Preview | PDF ( 1,917 KB )    Rights & Permission

Improved Gridding Technique for Coupling Geomechanics to Reservoir Flow

David Tran, Lloyd Buchanan, and Long Nghiem, Computer Modelling Grouppp. 64-75Preview | PDF ( 1,351 KB )    Rights & Permission

Injection Strategies To Overcome Gravity Segregation in Simultaneous Gas and Water Injection Into Homogeneous Reservoirs

W.R. Rossen, Delft University of Technology; C.J. van Duijn, Eindhoven University of Technology; Q.P. Nguyen, The University of Texas at Austin; C. Shen, Chevron Energy Technology Company; and A.K. Vikingstad, University of Bergenpp. 76-90Preview | PDF ( 2,219 KB )    Rights & Permission

Improving Injectivity To Fight Gravity Segregation in Gas Enhanced Oil Recovery

M. Jamshidnezhad, Delft University of Technology; C. Shen, Chevron Energy Technology Company; and P. Kool, A. Mojaddam Zadeh, and W.R. Rossen, Delft University of Technologypp. 91-104Preview | PDF ( 924 KB )    Rights & Permission

Using Distributed Volumetric Sources To Predict Production From Multiple-Fractured Horizontal Wells Under Non-Darcy-Flow Conditions

Shahram Amini and Peter P. Valkó, Texas A&M Universitypp. 105-115Preview | PDF ( 698 KB )    Rights & Permission

Fracture-Conductivity Loss Caused by Geochemical Interactions Between Man-Made Proppants and Formations

Jim Weaver, Richard Rickman, and Hongyu Luo, Halliburtonpp. 116-124Preview | PDF ( 1,477 KB )    Rights & Permission

Investigating Matrix/Fracture Transfer via a Level Set Method for Drainage and Imbibition

Maša Prodanović, SPE, and Steven L. Bryant, SPE, The University of Texas at Austin; and Zuleima T. Karpyn, SPE, Pennsylvania State Universitypp. 125-136Preview | PDF ( 1,431 KB )    Rights & Permission

Dual Role of Catalytic Agents on In-Situ Combustion Performance

I.Y. Akkutlu, SPE, University of Oklahoma; Y.C. Yortsos, SPE, University of Southern California; and G.D. Adagülü-Demirdal, SPE, Encanapp. 137-145Preview | PDF ( 512 KB )    Rights & Permission

Estimate of Equation of State Uncertainty for Manometric Sorption Experiments: Case Study With Helium and Carbon Dioxide

P. van Hemert, E.S.J. Rudolph, J. Bruining, and K-H.A.A. Wolf, Delft University of Technologypp. 146-151Preview | PDF ( 421 KB )    Rights & Permission

Predicting Sorption-Induced Strain and Permeability Increase With Depletion for Coalbed-Methane Reservoirs

C.R. Clarkson, University of Calgary; Z. Pan, CSIRO Petroleum Resources; I. Palmer, Higgs-Palmer Technologies; and S. Harpalani, Southern Illinois University, Carbondalepp. 152-159Preview | PDF ( 1,054 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experimental Confirmation for Analytical Composition Routes in Three-Phase Partially Miscible Flow

T. LaForce, SPE, Imperial College London; Y. Cinar, SPE, University of New South Wales; R.T. Johns, SPE, University of Texas at Austin; and F.M. Orr Jr., SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 160-170Preview | PDF ( 1,048 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modeling Foam Displacement With the Local-Equilibrium Approximation: Theory and Experimental Verification

Q. Chen, SPE, M.G. Gerritsen, SPE, and A.R. Kovscek, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 171-183Preview | PDF ( 996 KB )    Rights & Permission

Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Chemical Flooding Without the Need for Soft Water

Adam K. Flaaten, SPE, Quoc P. Nguyen, SPE, Jieyuan Zhang, SPE, Hourshad Mohammadi, SPE, and Gary A. Pope, SPE, The University of Texas at Austinpp. 184-196Preview | PDF ( 988 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Organic Gel System for Water Control: a Computed Tomography Study

Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri, SPE, Saudi Aramco; Pacelli L.J. Zitha, SPE, Delft University of Technology; and Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 197-207Preview | PDF ( 855 KB )    Rights & Permission

Gas-Condensate Relative Permeabilities in Propped-Fracture Porous Media: Coupling vs. Inertia

M. Jamiolahmady, M. Sohrabi, and Shaun Ireland, Heriot-Watt Universitypp. 208-222Preview | PDF ( 620 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Environmental-Scanning-Electron-Microscope Investigation Into the Effect of Biofilm on the Wettability of Quartz

E. Jacqueline Polson and James O. Buckman, Heriot-Watt University; David Bowen, Core Laboratories; Adrian C. Todd, Heriot-Watt University; and Mary M. Gow and Simon J. Cuthbert, University of the West of Scotlandpp. 223-227Preview | PDF ( 313 KB )    Rights & Permission

Appropriate Choice of Average Pressure for Upscaling Relative Permeability in Dynamic Flow Conditions

Jan M. Nordbotten, University of Bergen, and Juan P. Nogués and Michael A. Celia, Princeton Universitypp. 228-237Preview | PDF ( 661 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pore-Scale Simulation of WAG Floods in Mixed-Wet Micromodels

M.I.J. van Dijke, SPE, M. Lorentzen, SPE, M. Sohrabi, SPE, and K.S. Sorbie, SPE, Heriot-Watt Universitypp. 238-247Preview | PDF ( 1,072 KB )    Rights & Permission