Alkaline/surfactant flood potential in Western Canadian heavy oil reservoirs

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 810-818

  Liu, Q ^a   Dong, M ^a   Ma, S ^b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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EID: 33745685332     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/99791-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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