Application of coalbed methane water to oil recovery by low salinity waterflooding

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 733-743

  Pu, H ^a   Xie, X ^a   Yin, P ^a   Morrow, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10 MICRONS; CLAY CONTENTS; COALBED METHANES; DOLOMITE CRYSTALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LOW SALINITIES; OIL RECOVERIES; POWDER RIVER BASINS; PRESSURE RESPONSES; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATIONS; SANDSTONE CORES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SIZE RANGES; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIOS; THIN SECTIONS; WYOMING;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; COAL DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FELDSPAR; FIREDAMP; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANE; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POWDERS; QUARTZ; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WATER INJECTION; WATER POLLUTION; WELL FLOODING;

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EID: 55249100331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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