EOR field experiences in carbonate reservoirs in the United States

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-686

  Manrique, Eduardo J ^a   Muci, Viviana E ^b   Gurfinkel, Mariano E ^c  

^a Norwest Questa Engineering

^b Instituto de Empresa

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; ENHANCED-OIL-RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CARBONATES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 38849141665     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/100063-pa     Document Type: Article

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