The efficiency of horizontal and vertical well patterns in waterflooding: A numerical study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium 1999, MCOS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Algharaib, M ^a   Ertekin, T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; OIL RECOVERY MECHANISMS; OPERATIONAL DESIGN; RECOVERY PROCESS; SIMULATION STUDIES; VERTICAL INJECTORS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 85088771560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/52196-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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