Candidate and chemical selection guidelines for relative permeability modification (RPM) treatments

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Mennella, Aniello ^a   Chiappa, Luisa ^a   Lockhart, Thomas P ^a   Burrafato, Giovanni ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS;

WATER SHUTOFF TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRILLING; PERMEABILITY; WATER PRODUCTION;

DRILLING; PERMEABILITY; WATER;

EID: 0035427871     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/72056-PA     Document Type: Article

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