Lessons learned from using viscoelastic surfactants in well stimulation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2439-2446

  Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Tibbles, Ray ^b   Samuel, Mathew ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID-SOLUBLE POLYMERS; DOLOMITIC OIL RESERVOIRS; INJECTION WATER; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

CARBONATES; CROSSLINKING; OIL WELLS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WELL STIMULATION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 22044435945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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