Lessons learned from using viscoelastic surfactants in well stimulation

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-120

  Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Samuel, Mathew ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACID-FRACTURING TREATMENT; DISPOSAL WELLS; MATRIX ACID STIMULATION; SEAWATER INJECTORS; SURFACTANT-BASED ACID SYSTEMS;

WELL STIMULATION;

FRACTURING FLUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; WELL STIMULATION;

CARBONATE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACTANT; VISCOELASTICITY; WELL TESTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33947510457     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90383-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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