Single Well Chemical Tracer Test to Determine ASP Injection Efficiency at Lagomar VLA-6/9/21 Area, C4 Member, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 12-19

  Hernández, Clara ^a   Chacón, Larry ^a   Anselmi, Lorenzo ^a   Angulo, Reinaldo ^a   Manrique, Eduardo ^a   Romero, Eucario ^a   De Audemard, Nancy ^b   Carlisle, Charles ^c  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b PDVSA EPM ^*

^c Chemical Tracers Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION EFFICIENCY; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1642476496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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