Sweep impairment due to polymers shear thinning

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 834-845

  AlSofi, Abdulkareem M ^a   LaForce, Tara C ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; ITERATIVE APPROACH; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OPERATIONS COST; POLYMER FLOODING; POLYMER MASS; PORE VOLUME; PRESSURE FIELD; PROCESSING COSTS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID; PSEUDOPLASTICITY; RESERVOIR MODELS; SHEAR THICKENING; SHEAR THINNING; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE; WATER CUTS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROFITABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATORS; STABILITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 70449557032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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