Rheological assessment of VES as an EOR fluid in carbonate reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2014: Driving Integrated and Innovative EOR

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 858-865

  Sultan, A S ^a   Azad, M S ^a   Hussein, I A ^a   Mahmoud, M A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84905841320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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