Geochemical Modeling of Fracture Filling

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1046-1056

  Noh, Myeong H ^a   Lake, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FLUID-MINERAL REACTIONS; MINERALIZATION;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642476344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/75245-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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