Field Applications of Steam Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Patzek, Tad W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Enhanced Recovery Res Dept S D

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAS MOBILITY; STEAM FOAM; SURFACTANT INJECTION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 0030134634     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/29612-pa     Document Type: Article

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