Alkaline/surfactant/polymer flood: From the laboratory to the field

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 702-712

  Stoll, W M ^a   Al Shureqi, H ^a   Finol, J ^b   Al Harthy, S A A ^b   Oyemade, S ^c   De Kruijf, A ^e   Van Wunnik, J ^b   Arkesteijn, F ^a   Bouwmeester, R ^d   Faber, M J ^a  

^a Shell   (Oman)

^b PDO   (Oman)

^c EA LandWest Shell Petroleum Development   (Nigeria)

^d Shell's Chemical EOR Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL PRICE; FLOODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILICA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKALINE/SURFACTANT/POLYMER FLOODING; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; CHEMICAL FORMULATION; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN; PRODUCTION FACILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ALKALINITY; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESIGN; EMULSION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SILICA; SURFACTANT;

OMAN;

EID: 84855714462     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/129164-PA     Document Type: Article

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