Microbial and Waterflooding of Fractured Carbonate Rocks: An Experimental Approach

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 783-792

  Zekri, Abdulrazag Y ^a   EI Mehaideb, Reyadh A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA COUNT; FRACTURED SYSTEMS;

CARBONATES; CROSSLINKING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER; WELL FLOODING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642558048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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