Growing Injection Well Fractures and their Impact on Waterflood Performance

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2475-2486

  Gadde, Phani B ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; THERMAL STRESS; WATER QUALITY; WELL FLOODING;

INJECTION WELL FRACTURES; PARTICLE PLUGGING;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142278462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71614-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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