The application of depth of formation damage measurements in predicting water injectivity decline

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 1984-February, Issue , 1984, Pages 233-244

  Todd, A C ^a   Somerville, J E ^a   Scott, Graham ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORECASTING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SIZE; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

DESIGN SPECIFICATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOCAL PERMEABILITIES; OFFSHORE FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PERMEABILITY IMPAIRMENTS; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 84944249695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/12498-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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