Toe-to-Heel Waterflooding. Part II: 3D Laboratory Test Results

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 483-493

  Turta, Alex ^a   Goldman, Jon ^a   Singhal, Ashok ^a   Zhao, Litong ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VISCOSITY; WELL PERFORATION;

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; THERMAL DISPLACEMENT;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 1142277362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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