Experimental and theoretical investigation of clogging processes near production wells using X-ray tomography

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 3942-3954

  De Zwart, A H ^c   Currie, P K ^c   De Boer, J ^c   Naeini, Alireza Vafaie ^a   Schotting, R J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING OPERATIONS; COMMON PROBLEMS; CONVERGING FLOWS; DAMAGED ZONES; DEEP BED FILTRATIONS; DEPOSITION PROFILES; FINE PARTICLES; FORMATION DAMAGES; HEMATITE PARTICLES; INJECTED WATERS; INJECTION WELLS; INJECTIVITY; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PRESSURE PROFILES; PRODUCTION WELLS; REAL TIME; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR ROCKS; SAND PACKS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS; WATER INDUSTRIES; WATER PRODUCTIONS; WELL BORES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES;

AQUIFERS; ASPECT RATIO; BORING; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); IRON ORES; LIQUIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLAR RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER INJECTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL STIMULATION;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 58849086806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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