Evaluation of strategies for enhancing production of low-viscosity liquids from tight/shale reservoirs

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 2425-2448

  Moridis, G J ^a   Blasingame, T A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLOODS; FLOWMETERS; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIQUIDS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WATER; WELL STIMULATION;

DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; LOW-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS; POTENTIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY; VISCOSITY REDUCTION; WATER ALTERNATING GAS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84908473466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/169479-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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