3-D model studies of alkaline flooding using horizontal wells

Energy Sources

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 783-793

  Bagci, Suat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkaline flooding; Horizontal well; Improved oil recovery; Interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL FLOODING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; SURFACE TENSION;

ALKALINE FLOODING; GARZAN CRUDE OIL; HORIZONTAL WELL; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2642567831     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490451358     Document Type: Article

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