Design and implementation of a caustic flooding EOR pilot at court Bakken heavy oil reservoir

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, ITOHOS 2008 - "Heavy Oil: Integrating the Pieces"

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 30-36

  Xie, J ^a   Chung, B ^a   Leung, L ^a  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENGINEERS; FLOODS; GASOLINE; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SECONDARY RECOVERY; WELL TESTING;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; LABORATORY STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN; SINGLE WELL;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 63849295861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117221-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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