Field applications of capacitance-resistive models in Waterfloods

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 661-675

  Sayarpour, M ^a   Kabir, C S ^b   Lake, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Chevron ETC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS;

ANALYTIC TOOLS; CASE-STUDIES; ERROR MINIMIZATION; FIELD APPLICATION; INJECTED FLUIDS; SHORT PERIODS; WATER FLOOD;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 58849163700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114983-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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