Screening strategy for chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery in wyoming basins

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2662-2675

  Alvarado, V ^a   Thyne, G ^b   Murrell, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; FUZZY LOGIC; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK MANAGEMENT; TABLE LOOKUP;

CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; DATA CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; LOOK UP TABLE METHODS; SCREENING PROCEDURES; TRIANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 58849157835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115940-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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