Novel waterflooding strategy by manipulation of injection brine composition

Society of Petroleum Engineers - EUROPEC/EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ligthelm, D J ^a   Gronsveld, J ^b   Hofman, J P ^b   Brussee, N J ^b   Marcelis, F ^b   Van Der Linde, H A ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b Shell International Exploration and Production BV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; LIME; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POSITIVE IONS; PRODUCED WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEAWATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

CALCIUM ION CONTENT; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIVALENT CATIONS; RESERVOIR WETTABILITY; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SEAWATER INJECTION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 85013044954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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