Numerical simulation of enhanced oil recovery in the middle Bakken and upper three forks tight oil reservoirs of the Williston basin

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 253-264

  Iwere, F O ^a   Heim, Robin N ^a   Cherian, B V ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; WATER LEVELS; WELL COMPLETION; WELL SPACING;

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; OPERATING PRACTICES; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PRESSURE MAINTENANCE; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES; WELL COMPLETION ENGINEERING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84866010531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154937-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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