Applications of natural mixed carboxylate on enhanced oil recovery and viscosity-reducing for viscous crude oil

Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 25-28

  Li, Ganzuo ^a   Mu, Jianhai ^a   Chen, Feng ^b   Xu, Jun ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carboxylate; Surfactant; Tertiary recovery; Viscosity reducer; Viscous crude oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036757959     PISSN: 10052399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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