Crosslinking of guar and guar derivatives

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-321

  Lei, Cuiyue ^a,b   Clark, Peter E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS   (United States)

^c University of Alabama   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DERIVATIVES; GELS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

CROSSLINKED FRACTURING FLUIDS; CROSSLINKING CONCENTRATION; GUAR DERIVATIVES;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 35448987641     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90840-PA     Document Type: Article

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