An overview of heavy and extra heavy oil carbonate reservoirs in the middle east

International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1597-1604

  Buza, John W ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROVEN RESERVES; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CARBONATE FIELDS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; FRACTURED CARBONATES; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; OIL ACCUMULATION; PARTITIONED NEUTRAL ZONES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 67650566194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-12426-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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