Effect of shear rate on the propagation of polymer-based in-situ-gelled acids inside carbonate cores

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-54

  Gomaa, A M ^a   Mahmoud, M A ^b   Nasr El Din, H A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GELATION; LIME; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW;

CARBONATE CORES; CORE PERMEABILITY; CYCLIC BEHAVIOR; HIGH SHEAR RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL BALANCE; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; POLYMER BASED;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE LOGGING; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHEAR;

EID: 79952338142     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/142927-PA     Document Type: Article

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