Formation damage through asphaltene precipitation resulting from Co2 gas injection in Iranian carbonate reservoirs

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Dahaghi, Amirmasoud Kalantari ^a   Gholami, Vida ^a   Moghadasi, Jamshid ^b,d   Abdi, R ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; COREFLOOD TESTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FORMATION DAMAGE; PRODUCTION FACILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR FLUID;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

ASPHALTENE; BOREHOLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 45749116556     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99631-pa     Document Type: Article

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