Acid placement: An effective VES system to stimulate high-temperature carbonate formations

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1112-1132

  Gomaa, Ahmed M ^a   Cutler, Jennifer ^a   Qu, Qi ^a   Cawiezel, Kay E ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; DROPS; LIME; LIMESTONE; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOSITY;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865722873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/157316-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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