Scale-up methods for micellar flooding and their verification

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 18-27

  Thomas, Sara ^b   Farouq Ali, S M ^b   Thomas, Neale H ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

MICELLAR FLOODING;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 0033626984     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/00-02-01     Document Type: Article

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