Permeability thickening fluids for improved secondary oil recovery

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-26

  Golombok, Michael ^a,b   van der Wijst, Roy ^a,c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Faculty of Mechanical Engineering   (Netherlands)

^c ExxonMobil Chemical Holland BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Permeability; Secondary oil recovery; Shear induced structures; Water flooding

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUID INTERACTIONS; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; LOW PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; SECONDARY OIL RECOVERIES; SHEAR-INDUCED STRUCTURES;

EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL FLOODING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VISCOSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84884399690     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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