Carbon Dioxide Injection and Asphaltene Precipitation in Light Oil Reservoirs

• Main Authors: Alta'ee, Ali F., Saaid, I., Masoudi, R.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1500/1/Asphaltene_Full_Paper-Libya_Conference.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1500/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Gas injection is one of the oldest methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases have been used as injection fluids. CO2 injection is one of the successful and most commonly used technique for EOR. Injection of CO2 in light oil (>30˚ API) reservoirs may cause asph...