Waterflood performance under bottomwater conditions: Experimental approach

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-38

  Shirif, Ezeddin ^a   Elkaddifi, Khaled ^a   Hromek, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENHANCED RECOVERY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL PRODUCTION; VISCOSITY;

BLOCKING CONTROL AGENTS; CROSSFLOW; POLYMER CONCENTRATION; WATERFLOODS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENHANCED RECOVERY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

BOTTOM WATER; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OIL FIELD; OIL WELL; POLYMER; WATER FLOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 1842437282     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/80613-pa     Document Type: Article

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