Effective acid diversion and water control in carbonate reservoirs using an associative polymer treatment: Case histories from Saudi Arabia

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 875-890

  Al Taq, Ali A ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Lajami, Ridha A ^a,b   Sirra, Leopoldo ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DIVERSION; CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; POLYMER TREATMENT; WATER CONTROL;

ACIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL SANDS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATES;

EID: 40349098495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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