Thermally active polymer to improve sweep efficiency of waterloods: Simulation and pilot design approaches

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Garmeh, Gholamreza ^a   Izadi, Mehdi ^a   Salehi, Mehdi ^a   Romero, Jorge L ^a   Thomas, Charles P ^a   Manrique, Eduardo J ^a  

^a TIORCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; POLYMERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; PERMEABILITY RATIO; SIMULATION APPROACH; SUB-MICRON PARTICULATES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WATER BREAKTHROUGH;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ADSORPTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; RESERVOIR FLOODING; RESERVOIR ROCK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84859577752     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/144234-pa     Document Type: Article

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