Effects of injected water chemistry on waterflood sweep efficiency via induced fines migration

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 38-54

  Lemon, Phillip ^a   Zeinijahromi, Abbas ^b   Bedrikovetsky, Pavel ^b   Shahin, Ibrahim ^c  

^a Santos Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY;

FINES MIGRATION; INJECTED WATER; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MOBILITY CONTROL; PRODUCTION RATES; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; WATER COMPOSITION;

OILFIELD CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79960219264     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/140141-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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