Application of gas as oil displacement agent is constrained not only due to the paucity of gas resources, but due to high cost of site buildup, adverse effect of gas breakthrough on producing well behavior, and as consequence, relatively poor efficiency of the process.

Keywords:
spe 138067, flow in porous media, water-ga mixture, gas content, void content, waterflooding, intake capacity profile, reservoir conditions, formation bv 8, injection
Subjects:
Reservoir Fluid Dynamics, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Flow in porous media, Waterflooding
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