Novel application of emulsified acids to matrix stimulation of heterogeneous formations

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-213

  Buijse, M A ^a,b,c   Van Domelen, M S ^a,d,e  

^a Halliburton BV   (Netherlands)

^b Halliburton's Europ Research Center   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Halliburton's Technology Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); RHEOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

EMULSIFIED ACIDS; FANN-50 RHEOLOGY TESTS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATE FORMATIONS; MATRIX STIMULATION; VOLUME RATIO;

WELL STIMULATION;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034238068     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2118/65355-PA     Document Type: Article

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