Water flooding of the Oseberg Øst oil field, Norwegian North Sea: Application of formation water chemistry and isotopic composition for production monitoring

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 838-852

  Munz, I A ^a   Johansen, H ^a   Huseby, O ^a   Rein, E ^b   Scheire, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Brent; Formation water; Natural tracers; Production monitoring; Residual salt; Stable isotopes; Utsira

Indexed keywords

FORMATION WATER; NATURAL TRACERS; PRODUCTION MONITORING; RESIDUAL SALTS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); ISOTOPES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STRONTIUM; WATER CONTENT; WELLS;

WATER INJECTION;

FLOODING; FLUID INJECTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION WATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MONITORING SYSTEM; OIL PRODUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATIFICATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OSEBERG FIELD;

EID: 77950518144     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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