Practical issues with field injection well gel treatments

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting 1999, RMR 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Smith, J E ^a  

^a TIORCOINC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; WELLS;

FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD INJECTION; FIELD PERFORMANCE; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; INJECTION WELLS; PRACTICAL ISSUES; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SATURATED ZONE;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 85088201427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/55631-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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