Forty years of improved oil recovery: Lessons from low-permeability turbidites of the East Wilmington Field, California

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 571-583

  Jenkins, Creties ^a   Al Sharif, Shahin ^b   Harris, Randy ^c   Weisgram, John ^d   Michel, Don ^a  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^c Thums Long Beach Co   (United States)

^d Bainbridge Petroleum Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITY; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

FAULT BLOCKS; FORMATION DAMAGE; OIL RECOVERY; RESERVOIR QUALITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 22344444744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/92036-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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