Impact of salt diffusion on low-salinity enhanced oil recovery

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 971-985

  Brodle, James ^a   Jerauld, Gary ^a  

^a BP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; MIXING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION CONTROL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ITS EFFICIENCIES; LOW-SALINITY WATER; RECOVERY FACTORS; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; STRATIFIED RESERVOIRS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84905732064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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