Seawater in chalk: An EOR and compaction fluid

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 648-654

  Austad, Tor ^a   Strand, Skule ^a   Madland, Merete V ^a   Puntervold, Tina ^a   Korsnes, Reidar I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; LIMESTONE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS; WETTING;

LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACE ACTIVE COMPONENTS; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; WETTING CONDITIONS;

SEAWATER;

CHALK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SEAWATER; WETTABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EKOFISK FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 52949085738     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/118431-pa     Document Type: Article

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