Utilizing the effect of nitrogen to implementation of light- oil air injection in Malaysian Oil Fields

• Main Authors: Mohiuddin , Zeeshan, D.M, Anwar Raja, Mohd Saaid, Ismail
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5078/1/SPE-105785-_Bahrain.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5078/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Air injection has been used as one of the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques especially to extract the heavy oil. Nevertheless, a number of applications of in-situ combustion (ISC) for light oil reservoirs have been also reported successful. In light oil reservoirs, the thermal method of EOR is...