Viscosity reduction WAG: An effective EOR process for north slope viscous oils

SPE Western Regional Meeting, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 475-484

  McGuire, P L ^a   Redman, R S ^b   Jhaveri, B S ^a   Yancey, K E ^a   Ning, S X ^a  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b W N Slope Subsurface Devmt Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAND; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

EOR METHODS; OIL RECOVERY; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACE (OOIP); VISCOSITY-REDUCING INJECTANTS (VRI);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 22344450298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/93914-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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