Biotechnology application to EOR in talara Off-Shore Oil fields, Northwest Peru

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005-June, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Maure, A ^a   Saldana A A ^b   Juarez, A R ^b  

^a Microbes Inc   (Canada)

^b Petro Tech Peruana SA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOREHOLES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASOLINE; OIL FIELDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHEAR FLOW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID VELOCITIES; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PILOT PROJECTS; POTENTIAL TARGETS; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 77954304666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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