Lessons learned from over 300 producing well water shut-off gel treatments

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium 1999, MCOS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Portwood, J T ^a  

^a Tiorco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBOXYLATION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLOW OF WATER; GELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CANDIDATE SELECTION; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; NORMAL OPERATIONS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; TREATMENT MONITORING; VERTICAL FRACTURE;

WATER LEVELS;

EID: 78149365584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/52127-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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