Placement using viscosified non-Newtonian scale inhibitor slugs: The effect of shear thinning

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-441

  Sorbie, K S ^a   Mackay, E J ^a   Collins, I R ^a,b   Wat, R ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; VISCOSITY;

SCALE INHIBITOR; SHEAR THINNING; SQUEEZE TREATMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INHIBITOR; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SLUG; VISCOSITY;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 37549025099     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/100520-pa     Document Type: Article

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