Single Well Tests to determine the Efficiency of Alkaline-Surfactant Injection in a highly Oil-Wet Limestone Reservoir

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 409-414

  Zubari, Hisham K ^a   Babu Sivakumar, V C ^a  

^a Bahrain Petroleum Company   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE WELL TESTS; TERTIARY CHEMICAL FLOODS;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; DECISION MAKING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 1842505403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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