Gas shut-off treatment in oil carbonate reservoirs in Saudi Arabia

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-164

  Al Dhafeeri, A M ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Al Mubarak, H K ^a   Al Ghamdi, J ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; CROSS LINKERS; GAS CONING; GAS MOVEMENTS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS/OIL RATIOS; GELATION TIME; GELLING SYSTEMS; OIL PRODUCERS; OIL PRODUCTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURFACTANT SYSTEMS; WELL BORES;

CALCIUM; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; GAS PIPELINES; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; GELATION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOLUENE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 58849132034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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