Preventing asphaltene deposition in oil reservoirs by early water injection

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 391-406

  Wang, S ^a   Civan, F ^b  

^a Object Reservoir   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE; DEPLETION; OIL RECOVERY; PRODUCTION LIFE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRODUCTIVITY; WATER INJECTION;

ASPHALT;

EID: 27744435141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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