Development of a tool to predict technical success of polymer flooding applications

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 464-468

  Rai, Khyati ^a   McComb, Thais ^a   Rodriguez, Elena ^a   Withers, Robert ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; CHEMICAL EOR; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION VALUES; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; LIMITED DATA; PARAMETER VALUES; POLYMER FLOODING; PROJECT DESIGNS; QUALITATIVE ESTIMATES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING MODELS; SCREENING TECHNIQUES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84863998625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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