Performance evaluation of acid treatments in seawater injectors with reference to two cleanup techniques

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 352-366

  Beheiri, F I ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Rahman, M K ^b   Shedid, S A ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PERFORMANCE; FLOWBACK TECHNIQUE; INJECTION DISPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE; SEAWATER INJECTORS;

CARBONATES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 34250821920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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