EOR field experiences in carbonate reservoirs in the United States

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1052-1073

  Manrique, E J ^a   Muci, V E ^b   Gurfinkel, M E ^c  

^a Norwest Questa Engineering   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCKS;

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR); HYDROCARBON ENDOWMENT; ROCK MATRIX;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745727696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/100063-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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