Injectivity decline from produced-water reinjection: New insights on in-depth particle-deposition mechanisms

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-531

  Rousseau, David ^a   Hadi, Lalifa ^a   Nabzar, Lahcen ^a  

^a Reservoir Engineering Direction

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PECLET NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCED WATER; SOLS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION LAYER THICKNESS; DIFFUSION LIMITED DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INJECTIVITY DECLINE; PARTICLE DEPOSITION MECHANISM; PRODUCED WATER REINJECTION; REACTION LIMITED DEPOSITIONS;

DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; OIL; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 57149107585     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/107666-pa     Document Type: Article

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