Acidizing Carbonate Reservoirs: Numerical Modelling of Wormhole Propagation and Comparison to Experiments

SPE - European Formation Damage Control Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 95-105

  Golfier, F ^a,b   Bazin, B ^b   Zarcone, C ^a   Lernormand, R ^b   Lasseux, D ^c   Quintard, M ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; BOREHOLES; CARBONATES; COMPUTATION THEORY; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIMESTONE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ACIDIZING CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; VOLUME AVERAGING TECHNIQUES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842433735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/68922-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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