Residual oil saturation determination for EOR projects in means field, a mature west texas carbonate field

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 541-553

  Pathak, Prabodh ^a   Fitz, Dale E ^a   Babcock, Kenneth P ^a   Wachtman, Richard J ^a  

^a Exxon Mobil   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY;

ACQUISITION PROGRAMMES; ENHANCED-OIL RECOVERIES; MEAN-FIELD; OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; OIL ZONE; REMAINING OIL SATURATIONS; RESIDUAL OIL; SINGLE WELL CHEMICAL TRACER TESTS; UNCERTAINTY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; DATA SET; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MOBILIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATURATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870935316     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/145229-pa     Document Type: Article

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