Diversion and Cleanup Studies of Viscoelastic Surfactant-Based Self-Diverting Acid

SPE International Formation Damage Control Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lungwitz, Bernhard ^a   Fredd, Chris ^a   Brady, Mark ^a   Miller, Matthew ^a,b   Ali, Syed ^a   Hughes, Kelly ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c ChevronTexaco ^*

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EID: 84894583931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/86504-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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