A 90-acre demonstration of the low-tension flood process was recently completed in the Second Wall Creek reservoir of Wyoming's Big Muddy Field. This paper addresses the overall performance of the project, including a comparison to the laboratory design. It also discusses some of the practical aspects of a low-tension flood.

Keywords:
upstream oil & gas, drilling fluids and materials, producer, injectivity, oilfield chemistry, viscosity, production chemistry, slug viscosity, sulfonate, tracer response
Subjects:
Drilling Fluids and Materials, Production Chemistry, Metallurgy and Biology, Reservoir Characterization, Improved and Enhanced Recovery, Formation Evaluation & Management, Drilling fluid management & disposal, Downhole chemical treatments and fluid compatibility, Waterflooding, Completion Installation and Operations
Copyright 1988, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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