Does polymer stabilize foam in porous media?

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 836-847

  Shen, C ^a   Nguyen, Q ^a   Huh, C ^a   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FOAM CONTROL; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WELL FLOODING;

LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; POLYMER ADDITION; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; STEADY-STATE PROPERTIES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33745714076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/99796-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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