The effect of horizontal well orientation on secondary biopolymer flooding of Safaniya crude oil

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 53-59

  El Sayed, A H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Gulf of Suez Pet Co   (Egypt)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SPE

^f Egyptian Society of Engineers

^g Egyptian Society of Engineers ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING;

HORIZONTAL WELL ORIENTATION; SECONDARY XANTHAN BIOPOLYMER FLOODING;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0030283287     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96-09-03     Document Type: Article

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