Improving the foam performance for mobility control and improved sweep efficiency in gas flooding

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 4413-4421

  Zhu, T ^a   Ogbe, D O ^a   Khataniar, S ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AMINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FOAMS; NITROGEN; OIL FIELDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MOBILITY CONTROL; MOBILITY RATIOS; POLYMER-ENHANCED FOAMS (PEF); SWEEP EFFICIENCY;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

FOAM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FOAM; GAS FLOW; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARAMETER; PERMEABILITY; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALINITY; SHEAR RATE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 3242658061     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034021o     Document Type: Article

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