New gel aggregates to improve sweep efficiency during waterflooding

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-128

  Lei, Guanglun ^a   Li, Lingling ^b   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AMIDES; CROSSLINKING; DEIONIZED WATER; EFFICIENCY; GELS; MICROSPHERES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPERATING COSTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACRYLAMIDE MONOMERS; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CROSS-LINKED GELS; INJECTION EQUIPMENT; INJECTION PROFILE; RESIDUAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; RESISTANCE FACTORS; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

ELASTIC MODULUS; FLOODING; GEL; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OIL PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952320186     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/129960-PA     Document Type: Article

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