Favorable attributes of alkali-surfactant-polymer flooding

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 695-707

  Zhang, D L ^a,b   Liu, S ^a   Yan, W ^a   Puerto, M ^a   Hirasaki, G J ^a   Miller, C A ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745727672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/99744-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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