Enhanced oil recovery pilot testing best practices

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 13th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, ADIPEC 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1218-1233

  Teletzke, G F ^a   Wattenbarger, R C ^a   Wilkinson, J R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAL SWEEP; BEST PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXXON MOBIL; FIELD PILOT; FIELD TESTING; INJECTANT; INJECTIVITY; KEY ISSUES; MOBILITY CONTROL; MONITORING WELLS; OBSERVATION WELLS; PILOT DESIGN; PILOT INJECTION; PILOT TESTING; PILOT TESTS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES; VISCOUS FINGERING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; MACHINE DESIGN; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL SPACING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 70349772747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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