Enhanced oil recovery pilot testing best practices

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-154

  Teletzke, G F ^a,b,c,d   Wattenbarger, R C ^a,e,f,g   Wilkinson, J R ^a,h  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d U of Texas at Austin ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f Centre for Translational Cancer Research IBT Texas A and M HSC   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WELLS; WELL SPACING; WELL TESTING;

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS; MOBILITY CONTROL; MONITORING WELLS; OBSERVATION WELLS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES; VISCOUS FINGERING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; OIL WELL; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949827157     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/118055-PA     Document Type: Article

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