Effect of crossflow on foam-induced diversion in layered formations

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-65

  Nguyen, Quoc P ^a,b   Currie, Peter K ^a   Zitha, Pacelli L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CROSSFLOW; FLUID DIVERSION; LAYERED FORMATIONS;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

EID: 17744370548     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/82270-PA     Document Type: Article

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