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Vertical Sweep Efficiency

Vertical Sweep Efficiency is a dimensionless metric in reservoir engineering that quantifies the fraction of the vertical thickness of a reservoir contacted by injected water during waterflood operations, distinguishing it from areal or volumetric sweep efficiency by focusing specifically on vertical conformance.

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The Steam-Foam Process

George J. Hirasaki · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1989 · 252 citations

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Simulation of Stratified Waterflooding by Pseudo Relative Permeability Curves

C.L. Hearn · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1971 · 154 citations

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Development of a novel waterflood conformance control system

Harry Frampton, Jessica Morgan, S.K. Cheung et al. · SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery · 2004 · 150 citations

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Gel conformance treatments increase oil production in Wyoming

Robert D. Sydansk, Peter Moore · Oil & gas journal/Oil and gas journal · 1992 · 103 citations

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Steam-Foam Mechanistic Field Trial in the Midway-Sunset Field

F. Friedmann, Maynard E. Smith, W. R. Guice et al. · SPE Reservoir Engineering · 1994 · 100 citations

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Authors

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  1. CB
    Carl Blom

    Shell (Netherlands), Netherlands

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  2. CH
    Carlos Holleben

    Petrobras (Brazil), Brazil

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  3. AD
    A. de Barros Correia

    Petrobras (Brazil), Brazil

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  4. AJ
    A. J. Rosa

    Petrobras (Brazil), Brazil

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  5. HF
    Herbert Fischer

    University of Wyoming, United States

    2 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

64

  1. Chevron (Netherlands)

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. BP (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    488 citations

  3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    171 citations

  4. Petrobras (Brazil)

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    4 h-index

    26 publications

    784 citations

  5. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    272 citations

  6. Chevron (United States)

    San Ramon, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    488 citations

  7. New Mexico Resonance

    Albuquerque, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    127 citations

  8. Shell (Netherlands)

    The Hague, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    440 citations

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Venues

  1. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 6 publications · 159 citations

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  2. SPE Reservoir Engineering

    SPERE · 4 publications · 208 citations

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  3. Journal of Petroleum Technology

    JPT · 3 publications · 446 citations

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  4. Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference

    Conference · 2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium

    2 publications · 61 citations

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