Mature field development - A review

67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts

Volumn 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005: The Challenge of Discovery. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1009-1028

  Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SOLUBILITY; WATER INJECTION;

MATURE FIELD DEVELOPMENT; RESIDUAL OIL; WELL ENGINEERING;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33645117045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93884-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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