SPE Journal
Volume 17, Number 1, March 2012

Surfactant Systems for EOR in High-Temperature, High-Salinity Environments

Maura Puerto, George J. Hirasaki, SPE, and Clarence A. Miller, SPE, Rice University, and Julian R. Barnes, SPE, Shell Global Solutions International B.V.pp. 11-19Preview | PDF ( 6,870 KB )    Rights & Permission

Investigation of Pore-Scale Mixed Wettability

Munish Kumar, SPE, Digitalcore and the Australian National University; Andrew Fogden and Tim Senden, the Australian National University; and Mark Knackstedt, SPE, Digitalcore, the Australian National Universitypp. 20-30Preview | PDF ( 1 KB )    Rights & Permission

Waterflooding Performance in Inclined Communicating Stratified Reservoirs

Noaman A.F. El-Khatib, SPE, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysiapp. 31-42Preview | PDF ( 1,429 KB )    Rights & Permission

Water Mixing During Waterflood Oil Recovery: The Effect of Initial Water Saturation

Arne Graue, Martin A. Fernø, and Robert W. Moe, University of Bergen; Bernard A. Baldwin, Green Country Petrophysics; and Riley Needham, ConocoPhillipspp. 43-52Preview | PDF ( 3,663 KB )    Rights & Permission

Spontaneous Potentials in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs During Waterflooding: Application to Water-Front Monitoring

M.D. Jackson, SPE, M.Y. Gulamali, E. Leinov, J.H. Saunders, and J. Vinogradov, Imperial College Londonpp. 53-69Preview | PDF ( 5,311 KB )    Rights & Permission

Non-Darcy Porous-Media Flow According to the Barree and Conway Model: Laboratory and Numerical-Modeling Studies

Bitao Lai, Jennifer L. Miskimins, and Yu-Shu Wu, SPE, Colorado School of Minespp. 70-79Preview | PDF ( 1,798 KB )    Rights & Permission

Production-Induced Stress Change in and Above a Reservoir Pierced by Two Salt Domes: A Geomechanical Model and Its Applications

P.M.T.M. Schutjens, J.R. Snippe, H. Mahani, J. Turner, J. Ita, and A.P. Mossop, SPE, Shell International Exploration and Production BVpp. 80-97Preview | PDF ( 9,923 KB )    Rights & Permission

Dynamic Data Integration and Quantification of Prediction Uncertainty Using Statistical-Moment Equations

P. Likanapaisal, Stanford University; L. Li, Chevron Energy Technology Co.; and H.A. Tchelepi, Stanford Universitypp. 98-111Preview | PDF ( 6,486 KB )    Rights & Permission

Optimal Well Placement Under Uncertainty Using a Retrospective Optimization Framework

Honggang Wang, SPE, David Echeverría-Ciaurri, SPE, and Louis J. Durlofsky, SPE, Stanford University, and Alberto Cominelli, SPE, Enipp. 112-121Preview | PDF ( 1,844 KB )    Rights & Permission

Localization of Ensemble-Based Control-Setting Updates for Production Optimization

Yan Chen, SPE, IRIS, and Dean S. Oliver, SPE, Uni CIPRpp. 122-136Preview | PDF ( 2,659 KB )    Rights & Permission

History Matching Channelized Reservoirs Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Rolf J. Lorentzen, SPE, Kristin M. Flornes, SPE, and Geir Nævdal, SPE, IRISpp. 137-151Preview | PDF ( 2,937 KB )    Rights & Permission

Improved Uncertainty Quantification in the Ensemble Kalman Filter Using Statistical Model-Selection Techniques

Jon Sætrom, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Joakim Hove, Jan-Arild Skjervheim, and Jon Gustav Vabø, Statoil Research Centrepp. 152-162Preview | PDF ( 1 KB )    Rights & Permission

Gravimetric Monitoring of Water Influx Into a Gas Reservoir: A Numerical Study Based on the Ensemble Kalman Filter

M. Glegola, P. Ditmar, Delft University of Technology; R.G. Hanea, TNO/Delft University of Technology; F.C. Vossepoel, Shell International Exploration and Production; R. Arts, TNO; and R. Klees, Delft University of Technologypp. 163-176Preview | PDF ( 2,316 KB )    Rights & Permission

Ultrahigh-Temperature/Ultrahigh-Pressure Scale Control for Deepwater Oil and Gas Production

C. Fan, W. Shi, P. Zhang, H. Lu, N. Zhang, S. Work, H.A. Al-Saiari, A.T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson, Rice Universitypp. 177-186Preview | PDF ( 5,993 KB )    Rights & Permission

Phase Stability and Inhibition of Calcium Sulfate in the System NaCl/Monoethylene Glycol/H2O

Haiping Lu, Amy T. Kan, SPE, Ping Zhang, Jie Yu, Chunfang Fan, Sarah Work, and Mason B. Tomson, SPE, Rice Universitypp. 187-197Preview | PDF ( 1,510 KB )    Rights & Permission

Multiscale Finite-Volume Formulation for Saturation Equations

H. Zhou,SPE, ConocoPhilips; S.H. Lee, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Company; and H.A. Tchelepi, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 198-211Preview | PDF ( 1,037 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modeling and Simulation of Flow Field Around a Blowout Well

Ebrahim Hajidavalloo and Parham Omidian, Shahid Chamran Universitypp. 212-218Preview | PDF ( 2,218 KB )    Rights & Permission

Shale Gas-in-Place Calculations Part I: New Pore-Scale Considerations

Ray J. Ambrose, Devon Energy and University of Oklahoma; Robert C. Hartman, Weatherford Labs; and Mery Diaz-Campos, I. Yucel Akkutlu, and Carl H. Sondergeld, University of Oklahomapp. 219-229Preview | PDF ( 3,393 KB )    Rights & Permission

Production Analysis of Tight-Gas and Shale-Gas Reservoirs Using the Dynamic-Slippage Concept

C.R. Clarkson, University of Calgary; M. Nobakht, Fekete Associates and University of Calgary; D. Kaviani, University of Calgary; and T. Ertekin, Pennsylvania State Universitypp. 230-242Preview | PDF ( 5,827 KB )    Rights & Permission

Modeling High-Viscosity Oil/Water Cocurrent Flows in Horizontal and Vertical Pipes

H.-Q. Zhang, SPE, D.H. Vuong, SPE, and C. Sarica, SPE, the University of Tulsapp. 243-250Preview | PDF ( 1,517 KB )    Rights & Permission

Gas-Well Liquid Loading Probed With Advanced Instrumentation

Mhunir Bayonle Alamu, SPE, Floxpat Petroleum & Energy Servicespp. 251-270Preview | PDF ( 3,492 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Comprehensive Model of High-Rate Matrix-Acid Stimulation for Long Horizontal Wells in Carbonate Reservoirs: Part I--Scaling Up Core-Level Acid Wormholing to Field Treatments

K. Furui, SPE, R.C. Burton, SPE, D.W. Burkhead, SPE, and N.A. Abdelmalek, SPE, ConocoPhillips; and A.D. Hill, SPE, D. Zhu, SPE, and M. Nozaki, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 271-279Preview | PDF ( 3,663 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Comprehensive Model of High-Rate Matrix-Acid Stimulation for Long Horizontal Wells in Carbonate Reservoirs: Part II--Wellbore/Reservoir Coupled-Flow Modeling and Field Application

K. Furui, SPE, R.C. Burton, SPE, D.W. Burkhead, SPE, and N.A. Abdelmalek, SPE, ConocoPhillips; and A.D. Hill, SPE, D. Zhu, SPE, and M. Nozaki, SPE, Texas A&M Universitypp. 280-291Preview | PDF ( 2,270 KB )    Rights & Permission

Parameters Affecting the Interaction Among Closely Spaced Hydraulic Fractures

A.P. Bunger, SPE; X. Zhang, SPE; and R.G. Jeffrey, SPE, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineeringpp. 292-306Preview | PDF ( 3,929 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Deconvolution Technique Based on Pressure-Derivative Data for Pressure-Transient-Test Interpretation

Mustafa Onur, Istanbul Technical University, and Fikri J. Kuchuk, Schlumbergerpp. 307-320Preview | PDF ( 3,210 KB )    Rights & Permission