A laboratory feasibility study of dilute surfactant injection for the Yibal field, Oman

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-52

  Babadagli, Tayfun ^a   Al Bemani, A ^b   Boukadi, F ^b   Al Maamari, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chalk; Mature fields; Naturally fractured reservoirs; Secondary oil recovery; Surfactant injection; Tertiary oil recovery; Water injection; Yibal oil field

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY IMBIBITION; CHALKY RESERVOIR; DILUTE SURFACTANT INJECTION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

BRINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION; SOLUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WELL FLOODING;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHALK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SURFACTANT; WATER INJECTION;

CHALK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SURFACTANT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 21644443632     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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