Laboratory investigation of the injectivity of sulfonated polymer solutions into carbonate reservoir rocks

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2012, OGWA - EOR: Building Towards Sustainable Growth

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 660-673

  Han, Ming ^a   Zhou, Xianmin ^a   Alhasan, Fuseni B ^a   Zahrani, Badr ^a   AlSofi, Abdulkareem M ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED POLYMERS; CARBONATE CORES; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CRITICAL PARAMETER; INJECTIVITY; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MOBILITY REDUCTION; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; POLYMER INJECTION; POLYMER TREATMENT; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; RESIDUAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; RESISTANCE FACTORS; SEAWATER INJECTION; SULFONATION DEGREE;

FLOW RATE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84866016217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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