Gas-injection redistribution revitalizes a mature volatile oil field: Cusiana field case study

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4864-4870

  Soto, L ^a   Penuela, G ^a   Benavides, I ^b   Martinez, M ^b   Castiblanco, I ^a   Chaves, I ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b BP Colombia ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLUBILITY; WATER INJECTION;

RECOVERY FACTOR (RF); ROCK LAYERS; VOLATILE OIL FIELD;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 33750983624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/103593-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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