A study of polyacrylamide-based gels crosslinked with polyethyleneimine

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 148-156

  Al Muntasheri, G A ^a,b   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Al Noaimi, K K ^b   Zitha, P L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE HOMOPOLYMERS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; WATER PRODUCTION;

AMINES; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL FIELDS; POLYACRYLATES;

GELS;

EID: 34249098987     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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