Simulation study on surfactant-polymer flood performance in fractured carbonate reservoir

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference 2011, EORC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1635-1646

  SayedAkram, Nawaf I ^a   Mamora, Daulat ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; FRACTURE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; POROSITY; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

DUAL-POROSITY DUAL-PERMEABILITY MODELS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; LOW MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MOBILITY REDUCTION EFFECT; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; REMAINING OIL SATURATIONS; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 80755129152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/149106-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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