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hernesheir commented on the word secondary recovery
The second stage of hydrocarbon production where an external fluid such as water or gas is injected into the reservoir through injection wells located in rock that has fluid communication with production wells. Fluid injection maintains reservoir pressure and drives the hydrocarbon resource towards the wellbore.
June 2, 2010