Best practice and case study of interwell tracer program designs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 1st International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico 2006, IOCEM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 380-390

  Cubillos, H ^a   Torgersen, H ^b   Chatzichristos, C ^b   Lamela, M ^a  

^a CEPSA   (United States)

^b IFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; RESEARCH CENTRES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES;

TRACERS;

EID: 85054965179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/103891-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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