A Theory of the Optimal Policy of Oil Recovery by Secondary Displacement Processes

DOI10.1137/0143007zbMath0514.76090MaRDI QIDQ3661209

Sheldon B. Gorell, G. M. Homsy

Publication date: 1983

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0143007

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solution; Darcy's law; continuity equation; oil; linear perturbation of basic motion; nonlinear constrained eigenvalue problem; ratio of the viscosities; stability of displacement of fluid in porous medium by less viscous fluid containing solute

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76S05: Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage

76T99: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

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