New generation silicate gel system for casing repairs and water shutoff

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 997-1008

  Burns, Lyle D ^a   Burns, Michael ^a   Wilhite, Paul ^b   McCool, Stan ^b   Oglesby, Ken ^c   Glass, Jim ^d  

^a RTA Systems Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES LLC   (United States)

^d JAG Enhanced Recovery

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASING REPAIRS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; DEEP PENETRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY; GEL SYSTEMS; GEL TIMES; INJECTION WELLS; LAB TESTS; LOW COSTS; LOW VISCOSITIES; MECHANICAL INTEGRITIES; NEW GENERATIONS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; OVERALL COSTS; RHEOLOGICAL TESTING; SILICATE GELS; SINGLE STAGES; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS; SYSTEMS LABORATORIES; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERIES; TIGHT FORMATIONS; UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS; WATER FLOODS; WATER SHUTOFFS; WEAK GELS;

COLLOIDS; GELS; HEAVY METALS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INTERCHANGES; LABORATORIES; MAINTENANCE; METAL RECOVERY; OIL WELL CASINGS; REPAIR; SILICATES; TERTIARY RECOVERY; WELL TESTING; WELLS;

GELATION;

EID: 55249090234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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