Enhancing recovery in high salinity oil reservoirs through optimized polymer flood

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2012, IPTC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1563-1579

  Algharaib, M ^a   Alajmi, A ^a   Gharbi, R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FORMATION WATER; GROWING DEMAND; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH WATER; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVES; OIL RESERVOIRS; POLYMER FLOODING; WATER MOBILITY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84861398048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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