Flood pattern optimization of horizontal well injection

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-91

  LING, Zong fa ^a   WANG, Li juan ^b   HU, Yong le ^b   LI, Bao zhu ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

horizontal well; horizontal well injection; low permeability reservoir; thin layer reservoir; well spacing optimization

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELL CASINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; SANDSTONE; WATER INJECTION; WELL SPACING;

HORIZONTAL WELL INJECTIONS; THIN LAYER RESERVOIR; WELL SPACING OPTIMIZATION;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 40049092932     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(08)60013-0     Document Type: Article

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