The morphology of non-equilibrium foam and gelled foam lamellae in porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-132

  Schramm, Laurier L ^a   Kutay, Susan M ^a   Mikula, Randy J ^b   Munoz, Vicente A ^b  

^a Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foam; Gel; Lamellae; Oil recovery; Polymer; Rock

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CRYOGENIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FOAMED PLASTICS; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

FOAM; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033494614     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(99)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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