New recovery method for carbonate reservoirs through tuning the injection water salinity: Smart WaterFlooding

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2814-2830

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

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERS; LABORATORIES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SEAWATER; TERTIARY RECOVERY; WATER CONTENT; WELL FLOODING;

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CHALK RESERVOIRS; COMPOSITE ROCK; FIELD INJECTION; FIELD TEST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INJECTION WATER; ION COMPOSITION; IONIC COMPOSITION; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW SALINITY; LOW-SALINITY WATER; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; ROCK SURFACES; SAUDI ARAMCO; SEAWATER INJECTION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; WATER FLOOD; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 80052445149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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