Improved polymer-flood management using streamlines

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Clemens, Torsten ^a   Abdev, Joseph ^b   Thiele, Marco R ^c  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; OIL FIELDS; POLYMERS;

EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; LOCAL EFFICIENCIES; MANAGEMENT METHOD; OIL RECOVERIES; POLYMER FLOODS; POLYMER INJECTION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; RESERVOIR;

EID: 79953822923     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/132774-PA     Document Type: Article

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