Pelican lake field: First successful application of polymer flooding in a heavy oil reservoir

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 284-305

  Delamaide, Eric ^a   Zaitoun, Alain ^b,c   Renard, Gérard ^b   Tabary, René ^b  

^a IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc   (Canada)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c Poweltec   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LAKES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); VISCOSITY;

APPLICATION OF POLYMERS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HIGH VISCOSITIES; POLYMER FLOODING; POLYMER FLOODS; POLYMER INJECTION; RESERVOIR FORMATION; THERMAL METHODS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84889803318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/165234-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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