Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Enhanced Oil Recovery: Growth, Economic and Environmental Benefits and Risks (pp. 1-18)
Luis M. Abadie (Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Bilbao, Spain)
Chapter 2 – Contributions of the Chemical Industry to Enhanced Oil Recovery (pp. 19-24)
Christian Bittner (BASF SE, GMM/S, Ludwigshafen, Germany)
Chapter 3 – Research of SC-CO2 in Improving the Recovery of Heavy Oil (pp. 25-70)
Li Zhaomin and Lu Teng (China University of Petroleum, East China)
Chapter 4 – Synthesis and Assessment of a Novel AM-Co-AMPS Polymer for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) (pp. 71-80)
Li Qi and Wang Yabo (CNOOC EnerTech-Drilling & Production Co. Tianjin, China)
Chapter 5 – Improved Oil Recovery vs. Enhanced Oil Recovery (pp. 81-94)
Nikolay P. Zapivalov (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, SB RAS, Russia, Novosibirsk, Koptyuga)
Chapter 6 – Optimization of Polymer Flooding in Reservoirs under Bottom-water Condition to Maximize Economic Profit (pp. 95-110)
Byungin Choi and Kun Sang Lee (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea)
Chapter 7 – Optimized Design of Water-Alternating-Gas EOR Projects in Heterogeneous Reservoirs (pp. 111-126)
Moon Sik Jeong and Kun Sang Lee (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea)
Chapter 8 – Prediction of Breakthrough Time in the VAPEX Process with the Numerical Modeling (pp. 127-150)
Morteza Sabeti, Mohammad R. Ehsani, Mohammad Nikookar, Leili Sahranavard and Amir H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)
Chapter 9 – Impact of Various Boundary Conditions on the Spontaneous Imbibition Mechanism during Heavy Oil Recovery Process through a Finite Difference Scheme (pp. 151-168)
Mojgan Ebrahiminejad, Mohammad R. Ehsani, Mohammad Nikookar, Leili Sahranavard and Amir H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)
Chapter 10 – Reduction of Heavy Oil Viscosity Using Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery Process (pp. 169-186)
S. Afzal, Mohammad R. Ehsani, Mohammad Nikookar, A. R. Khodabandeh-Shahraki, E. Roayaei and Amir H. Mohammadi (Department of Chemical Engineering of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, and others)
Chapter 11 – Screening of Potential Application of EOR Processes in a Naturally Fractured Oil Reservoir (pp. 187-204)
Arash Kamari, Mohammad Nikookar, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Leili Sahranavard and Amir H. Mohammadi (School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, King George V Avenue, Durban, South Africa, and others)
Chapter 12 – Study of the Performance of Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) Oil Recovery Method in a Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoir (pp. 205-226)
Arash Kamari, Mohammad Nikookar and Amir H. Mohammadi (Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa, and others)
Chapter 13 – Evaluating the Reservoir Quality Parameter (Permeability) for Efficient Oil Recovery (pp. 227-242)
Arash Kamari, Mohammad Nikookar, Leili Sahranavard and Amir H. Mohammadi (Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa, and others)
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