Rejuvenating viscous oil reservoirs by polymer injection: Lessons learned in the field

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, EORC 2013: Delivering the Promise NOW!

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 628-639

  Mogollón, José Luis ^a   Lokhandwala, Taher ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPACE PLATFORMS; VISCOSITY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES;

THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

EID: 84889800017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/165275-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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