EOR feasibility study through an integrated laboratory evaluation and reservoir simulation for a large carbonate field in Kuwait

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2015

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 1108-1126

  Veedu, F Koyassan ^a   Thomas, D E ^a   Wang, P ^a   Eskandaridalvand, K ^a   Hombrook, J ^a   Pope, G A ^b   Al Maraghi, E ^c   Singh, B B ^c   Al Matar, B S ^c   Al Saad, B A ^c   Al Qahtani, M M ^c   Tiwari, S ^c  

^a DeGolyer and MacNaughton   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMAL LOGGING;

HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PRODUCTION LOGGING TOOLS; RECOVERY TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; WATER ALTERNATING GAS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84939458569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/173255-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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