Formation Damage Due to Scale Formation in Porous Media Resulting From Water Injection

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 581-591

  Moghadasi, J ^a   Jamialahmadi, M ^a   Muller Steinhagen H ^b   Sharif, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERSATURATION; VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION;

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FORMATION DAMAGE; OIL DIAPLACEMENT; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATES;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 2342424262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/86524-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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