Laboratory investigation of novel oil recovery method for carbonate reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1825-1859

  Yousef, Ali A ^a   Al Saleh, Salah ^a   Al Kaabi, Abdulaziz ^a   Al Jawfi, Mohammed ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASOLINE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); POTENTIAL MECHANISM; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 79952982808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137634-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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