Evaluation of rigless water shutoff treatments to be used in Arab-C carbonate reservoir in Saudi Arabia

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 159-169

  Al Dhafeeri, A M ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a,b   Al Harith, A M ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); WATER TREATMENT;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; EXPANDABLE LINERS; FIELD TREATMENTS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER SATURATIONS; WATER SHUTOFF TREATMENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 70449122042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114331-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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