SPE Journal
Volume 15, Number 2, June 2010

Fractional-Flow Theory of Foam Displacements With Oil

E. Ashoori, T.L.M. van der Heijden, and W.R. Rossen, Delft University of Technologypp. 260-273Preview | PDF ( 680 KB )    Rights & Permission

Measurement of Nonwetting-Phase Trapping in Sandpacks

Christopher H. Pentland, Endurance Itsekiri, Saleh K. Al Mansoori, Stefan Iglauer, Branko Bijeljic, and Martin J. Blunt, SPE, Imperial College Londonpp. 274-281Preview | PDF ( 602 KB )    Rights & Permission

Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Processes: Wide Range of Conditions for Good Recovery

Shunhua Liu, SPE, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation; and Robert Feng Li, SPE, Clarence A. Miller, SPE, and George J. Hirasaki, SPE, Rice Universitypp. 282-293Preview | PDF ( 1,155 KB )    Rights & Permission

Effect of Calcium and Iron (II) Ions on the Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate and Ferrous Carbonate

H.A. Alsaiari, A. Kan, and M.B. Tomson, Rice Universitypp. 294-300Preview | PDF ( 539 KB )    Rights & Permission

Statistical Model for Dispersion in a 2D Glass Micromodel

Mohammad Hossein Ghazanfari, Sharif University of Technology; Riyaz Kharrat, Petroleum University of Technology; Davood Rashtchian, Sharif University of Technology; and Shapour Vossoughi, University of Kansaspp. 301-312Preview | PDF ( 464 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Algorithm for Rachford-Rice for Multiphase Compositional Simulation

R. Okuno, R.T. Johns, and K. Sepehrnoori, SPE, The University of Texas at Austinpp. 313-325Preview | PDF ( 986 KB )    Rights & Permission

Unstructured-Coarse-Grid Generation Using Background-Grid Approach

M. Evazi, SPE, Sharif University of Technology; H. Mahani, SPE, Shell International Exploration and Productionpp. 326-340Preview | PDF ( 2,359 KB )    Rights & Permission

Stability of Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamides at Elevated Temperatures in the Absence of Divalent Cations

R.S. Seright, SPE, A.R. Campbell, and P.S. Mozley, New Mexico Tech; and Peihui Han,SPE, Daqing Oilfield Company, PetroChinapp. 341-348Preview | PDF ( 466 KB )    Rights & Permission

Experimental and Modeling Study of the Transport of Chromium Acetate Through Carbonate Rocks

F.Chen, SPE, C.S. McCool, SPE, D.W. Green, SPE, and G.P. Willhite, SPE, University of Kansaspp. 349-367Preview | PDF ( 1,039 KB )    Rights & Permission

Numerical Simulation of the In-Situ Upgrading of Oil Shale

Y. Fan, SPE, L.J. Durlofsky, SPE, and H.A. Tchelepi, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 368-381Preview | PDF ( 881 KB )    Rights & Permission

Data Assimilation of Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanics Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Haibin Chang, Peking University; Yan Chen, SPE, Chevron; and Dongxiao Zhang, SPE, University of Southern Californiapp. 382-394Preview | PDF ( 1,030 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Multiscale Mixed Finite Element Method for Vuggy and Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Astrid Fossum Gulbransen, Vera Louise Hauge, and Knut-Andreas Lie, SINTEF ICTpp. 395-403Preview | PDF ( 520 KB )    Rights & Permission

Acid-Etched Channels in Heterogeneous Carbonates--a Newly Discovered Mechanism for Creating Acid-Fracture Conductivity

Jianye Mou, China University of Petroleum, Beijing; D. Zhu and A.D. Hill, Texas A&M Universitypp. 404-416Preview | PDF ( 1,751 KB )    Rights & Permission

Production-System Optimization of Gas Fields Using Hybrid Fuzzy/Genetic Approach

Hui-June Park, SPE, Korea National Oil Corporation; Jong-Se Lim, SPE, Korea Maritime University; Jeongyong Roh, Korea National Oil Corporation; and Joo M. Kang, SPE, and Bae-Hyun Min, Seoul National Universitypp. 417-425Preview | PDF ( 456 KB )    Rights & Permission

Use of Reduced-Order Modeling Procedures for Production Optimization

M.A. Cardoso, SPE, and L.J. Durlofsky, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 426-435Preview | PDF ( 969 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Mimetic Finite Volume Discretization Method for Reservoir Simulation

Faruk O. Alpak, SPE, Shell International E&Ppp. 436-453Preview | PDF ( 1,346 KB )    Rights & Permission

The Effect of Including Tracer Data in the Ensemble-Kalman-Filter Approach

Randi Valestrand, SPE, IRIS; Jan Sagen, IFE; Geir Nævdal, SPE, IRIS; and Olaf Huseby, SPE, IFEpp. 454-470Preview | PDF ( 2,129 KB )    Rights & Permission

Control-Relevant Upscaling

S.A. Vakili-Ghahani, SPE, Delft University of Technology; and J.D. Jansen, SPE, Delft University of Technology and Shell International Exploration and Productionpp. 471-479Preview | PDF ( 497 KB )    Rights & Permission

Simplified Modeling of Turbidite Channel Reservoirs

Faruk O. Alpak, SPE, Mark D. Barton, Frans F. van der Vlugt, SPE, Carlos Pirmez, Bradford E. Prather, and Steven H. Tennant, Shell International Exploration and Productionpp. 480-494Preview | PDF ( 1,905 KB )    Rights & Permission

History Matching With Parametrization Based on the SVD of a Dimensionless Sensitivity Matrix

Reza Tavakoli, SPE, and Albert C. Reynolds, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 495-508Preview | PDF ( 819 KB )    Rights & Permission

Estimation of Depths of Fluid Contacts by History Matching Using Iterative Ensemble-Kalman Smoothers

Yudou Wang, SPE, China University of Petroleum, and Gaoming Li, SPE, and Albert C. Reynolds, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 509-525Preview | PDF ( 1,761 KB )    Rights & Permission

Adaptively Localized Continuation-Newton Method--Nonlinear Solvers That Converge All the Time

R.M. Younis, H.A. Tchelepi, and K. Aziz, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 526-544Preview | PDF ( 1,128 KB )    Rights & Permission

Tie-Simplex Parameterization for EOS-Based Thermal Compositional Simulation

A. Iranshahr, D.V. Voskov, and H.A. Tchelepi, Stanford Universitypp. 545-556Preview | PDF ( 1,960 KB )    Rights & Permission

Water Quality and Well Injectivity: Do Residual Oil-in-Water Emulsions Matter?

S. Buret, SPE, and L. Nabzar, SPE, Institut Français du Pétrole, and A. Jada, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhousepp. 557-568Preview | PDF ( 1,034 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hierarchical Ensemble Kalman Filter

Inge Myrseth and Henning Omre, Norwegian University of Science and Technologypp. 569-580Preview | PDF ( 846 KB )    Rights & Permission