A new emulsified acid to stimulate deep wells in carbonate reservoirs: Coreflood and acid reaction studies

Society of Petroleum Engineers - North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition 2012, NATC 2012: Managing Hydrocarbon Resources in a Changing Environment

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 952-981

  Sayed, M A ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a   Zhou, J ^b   Zhang, L ^b   Holt, S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKZONOBEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID REACTIONS; ACID TREATMENTS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; COREFLOOD; DEEP WELLS; DIFFUSION RATE; DISSOLUTION RATES; EMULSIFIED ACIDS; FIELD APPLICATION; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIANA; INJECTION RATES; LIMESTONE ROCKS; OIL INDUSTRIES; ROCK PERMEABILITY; ROTATIONAL SPEED; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TUBULARS;

DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING; DISSOLUTION; EXHIBITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROCARBONS; LIMESTONE; REACTION RATES; ROCKS; ROTATING DISKS;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84865766785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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