Polymer solution injection - Near wellbore dynamics and displacement efficiency, pilot test results, Matzen Field, Austria

75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 794-807

  Clemens, Torsten ^a   Deckers, Marie ^a   Kornberger, Martin ^a   Gumpenberger, Thomas ^a   Zechner, Markus ^a  

^a OMV E and P   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAND; SHALE; SHEAR THINNING; WATER QUALITY;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC PROJECTS; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH FLOW VELOCITY; INJECTION RATES; INJECTION WATER QUALITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 84930448058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/164904-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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