Effect of Brine Composition and Alkaline Fluid on the Permeability Damage of Limestone Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 713-723

  Bagci, Suat ^a   Kok, Mustafa V ^a   Turksoy, Ulas ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY DAMAGE;

ALKALINITY; BRINES; COMPOSITION; FLOODS; LIMESTONE; PH EFFECTS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; WATER; WATER INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642520844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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