Polymer flooding in unconsolidated sand formations - Fracturing and geomechanical considerations (SPE-121840)

71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2009: Balancing Global Resources. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1271-1288

  Khodaverdian, M ^a   Sorop, T ^a   Postif, S ^a   Van Den Hoek, P ^a  

^a Shell ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CAPILLARITY; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION;

EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FILTER CAKES; FLOW CHANNELS; FLUID RHEOLOGY; FRACTURE CONTAINMENT; FRACTURE DIMENSIONS; FRACTURE MODELING; FRACTURE PREDICTION; GEOMECHANICAL MODELING; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL STRESS; IN-SITU; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTION RATES; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY TEST; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; POLYMER FLOODING; POLYMER INJECTION; SHEAR FAILURE; STRESS CONTRAST; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS; WELLBORE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77649328983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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