Flow of polyacrylamide polymers in the near-Wellbore-region, rheological behavior within induced fractures and near-Wellbore area

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-209

  Zechner, Markus ^a   Buchgraber, Markus ^b   Clemens, Torsten ^a   Gumpenberger, Thomas ^a   Castanier, Louis M ^b   Kovscek, Anthony R ^b  

^a OMV E and P   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FLOODS; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; RHEOLOGY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; VELOCITY; WELLHEADS;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SHEAR-THICKENING BEHAVIOR; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 84894137862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/166085-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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