Success story of a waterflood project in a geologically complex, high-viscosity oil reservoir in a major Brownfield in south Oman

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 620-632

  Choudhuri, Biswajit ^a   Al Rawahi, Mahir ^a  

^a PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION; WELL SPACING;

BROWNFIELDS; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGH-VISCOSITY OIL; OIL RESERVOIRS; PALAEOZOIC; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR GEOLOGY; WATER FLOOD; WATERFLOOD PROJECT;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

BROWNFIELD SITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR FLOODING; VISCOSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 48749128545     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/105245-PA     Document Type: Article

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