Cleanup of water blocks in depleted low-permeability reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 277-288

  Parekh, Bimal ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^b  

^a ChevronTexaco Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL; OIL WELL COMPLETION; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; STRESS CONDITIONS; WATER BLOCKS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044444010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89837-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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