Extending the applicability of chemical EOR in high salinity, high temperature & fractured carbonate reservoir through viscoelastic surfactants

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Azad, M S ^a   Sultan, A S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; EFFICIENCY; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; SEAWATER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CONVENTIONAL SURFACTANTS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; POTENTIAL FORMULATIONS; PRODUCTION WELLS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84959115107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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