Air injection and waterflood performance comparison of two adjacent units in Buffalo Field: Technical analysis

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 235-242

  Kumar, V K ^a   Gutierrez, D ^b   Moore, R G ^b   Mehta, S A ^c  

^a KCS Energy Inc

^b Atlas Wireline Services

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PERFORMANCE; HIGHER PRODUCTION RATES; RECOVERY PROCESSES;

EXTRAPOLATION; FLUIDS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL FLOODING;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 33745685903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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