The effect of synthetic surfactants on the interfacial behaviour of crude oil/alkali/polymer systems

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-72

  Taylor, Kevin C ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a,b  

^a Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^b Laboratories Department   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

alkaline flooding; David Lloydminster crude oil; dynamic interfacial tension; enhanced recovery; Neodol 25 3S; Triton X 100

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYAMIDES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ALLSALINE FLOODING; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; DAVID LLOYDMINSTER CRUDE OIL; LOW SHEAR NEWTONIAN VISCOSITY; NANIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYACRYLAMIDES; SODIUM CARBONATE; STOKES-EINSTEIN EQUATION; SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0030574833     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-7757(95)03364-5     Document Type: Article

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