Identification and evaluation of high-performance EOR surfactants

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1154-1164

  Levitt, D B ^a   Jackson, A C ^a   Heinson, C ^a   Britton, L N ^b   Malik, T ^c   Dwarakanath, V ^c   Pope, G A ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INTERA Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOR SURFACTANTS; MACROEMULSIONS; SURFACTANT RETENTION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROEMULSIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RECOVERY; VISCOSITY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 33745699700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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