Engineering performance of additives in water floods

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 314-322

  van der Plas, Boaz ^a,b   Golombok, Michael ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough; Developing flow; Extensional viscosity; Fractures; Secondary oil recovery

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; FRACTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SHEAR FLOW;

BREAKTHROUGH; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; DEVELOPING FLOW; ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; INJECTION FLUIDS; SECONDARY OIL RECOVERIES;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POROUS MEDIUM; RECOVERY METHOD; RESERVOIR FLOODING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84942741942     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2015.09.018     Document Type: Article

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